The Conversation: Dying Matters' Blog

‘Let’s make sure nobody dies home and alone this Christmas’
On 20 December the Dying Matters Coalition launched its Christmas Campaign to highlight the seasonal dangers to people who are home alone this Christmas. Dying alone is a tragedy at any time of year but particularly at Christmas. Over a million older people will spend this Christmas alone and many also risk dying alone.

Yet the solution is simple and free – a conversation with our neighbours. The campaign also hopes to help prevent so many older people spending Christmas alone again this year by arranging for visits and encouraging people to check on their neighbours-especially if they already know they have a problem. Let’s make it a Happy Christmas for everyone.

We hope that you will join the Campaign and encourage others to do so, download the poster and visit any neighbours or friends you know are home and alone this Christmas, particularly if they are elderly or frail or ill. To find out more click here.

On behalf of the Dying Matters Coalition, we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and look forward to working with you in 2011.

Posted by Rose Parker