Suffolk: Dementia patients need better access to services

April 4, 2014 Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia

Suffolk: Dementia patients need better access to services and doctors need better resources to give advice – report

Official launch of the Forget-Me-Not Dementia Campaign at West Suffolk Hospital. Image of the corridor before work begins.

Matt Stott Friday, April 4, 2014
12:04 PM

People living with dementia in Suffolk need better access to support services, a report has claimed, after it emerged more than 5,000 sufferers live with the condition undiagnosed.

Doctors need better resources to provide good advice to newly-diagnosed dementia patients and double their current detection rate of the disease to meet new tougher government targets, the University of East Anglia (UEA) said.

Businesses braced for dementia care crisis to hit workplace

March 25, 2014 Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia

Charity warns full extent of strain on workers juggling jobs and care commitments could be masked by dementia ‘stigma’

Businesses braced for dementia care crisis to hit workplace

By John Bingham, Social Affairs Editor

8:00AM GMT 25 Mar 2014

The lack of professional care for people suffering dementia is threatening a staffing crisis for British businesses as workers are forced to cut their hours or quit to support loved-ones, new research shows.

Nine out of 10 companies fear their business will increasingly be affected by the knock-on effects of dementia on families, according to the study by the business group “Employers for Carers”, which was set up by the charity Carers UK

Seven out of 10 firms which responded said they are braced to lose highly qualified staff because of caring commitments while two thirds fear it will impact their workers’ own health or productivity.

West Suffolk: Husband’s love helps keep Dorothy’s dementia at bay

March 19, 2014 Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia, Parkinsons

Brian Atkinson and his wife Dorothy are backing our Forget Me Not campaign

Emma Brennan West Suffolk chief reporter emma.brennan@archant.co.uk
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
10:00 AM

During the past six years of their long and happy marriage, that promise has certainly been put to the test after Mrs Atkinson was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2008.

Two years later, the condition developed into Lewy bodies (DLB), a type of dementia that shares symptoms with both Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Since then her memory has been deteriorating progressively.

Mr Atkinson, 86, who is supporting our Forget-Me-Not campaign for West Suffolk Hospital, said: “Dorothy can remember family history and things like that, but not what happened two hours ago.

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