Dr Rachel Forrester-Jones, Reader in Health, Community and Social Care and Dr David Oliver, Honorary Reader from the Tizard Centre presented a poster at the 14th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care in Copenhagen in May 2015. They presented the findings of a study undertaken at a residential home that specialises in the palliative care for people with learning disability and dementia. The evaluation had shown that the residents received good care and were able to be involved in day to day decisions in their lives. Rachel spoke of the meeting: ‘We were very pleased to be able to present our results at this prestigious meeting. There were over 2700 delegates from all over Europe and many other countries worldwide. It was an excellent opportunity to meet with others interested in palliative care and learning disability and we are both on the EAPC Taskforce looking at developing this’.

During the meeting there were elections for the Board of Directors of the EAPC and David was re-elected for a further four year term. ‘I was delighted to be able to remain on the Board and to continue to help in the development of palliative care across Europe. I have really enjoyed the past 4 years and the Association has been able to develop and plan ahead for the coming years’ said David. He presented three posters himself at the meeting, was involved in a further three poster presentations, chaired a session and led a ‘Meet the experts’.