Dying at home not open to dementia patients

Only one in 20 dementia patients who die each year pass away at home, research by the Irish Hospice Foundation shows.

The IHF is now calling for more support for people with dementia to live out their lives in their own homes.

According to the research, of the 4,200 people with dementia who die in Ireland each year, only 210, about one in 20, die at home while 2,310 die in residential care settings, and a further 1,680 die in acute hospitals.