V for Life highlight Self-Advocacy Pack for vegetarians and vegans
V for Life, the UK charity working on behalf of older vegetarians and vegans, has used Dementia Action Week to highlight their Self-Advocacy Pack.
The Self-Advocacy Pack has been designed to help vegetarians and vegans safeguard their diet and beliefs if they need to draw on care services.
V for Life say:
“Around 70 per cent of people living in care homes have dementia or severe memory problems. Suddenly, questions begin to arise such as, ‘If I get dementia, will they serve me meat?’, and the answer is not always clear-cut. Sometimes, even with the best of intentions, vegan residents are served food fortified with dairy ‘for their own good’ (when plant-based alternatives are easily available). Or life-long vegetarians with severe dementia see meat all around them and start asking for it, even though it goes against their core beliefs.
The Self-Advocacy Pack talks through the key steps in ensuring that this doesn’t happen to you, from creating a Statement of Wishes, through who to raise concerns with, and on to how to seek redress if needs be.”
You can find out more and access the Self-Advocacy pack here: https://vforlife.org.uk/blog/post/standing-up-for-your-rights-as-a-vegan-or-vegetarian