Author Archives: Maureen
Dementia patients’ ‘postcode lottery’ of care
Dementia patients across England are receiving a “postcode lottery” of care, with health authority spending per patient varying 21-fold.
Freedom of information requests to 134 primary care trusts (PCTs) have found the amount spent per dementia patient varies from £38 at NHS Nottinghamshire County to £802 at NHS Barnsley. The average for the 54 which provided information to GP magazine, which submitted the FOI requests, was £160. Four in 10 spent less than £100.
Age UK project helps caring gran
Tuesday 6 March 2012
A SOUTH Tyneside gran is praising a charity service for offering her a helping hand.
By VERITY WARD
Published on Tuesday 6 March 2012 08:18
For the past few months, Pat High has benefited from Age UK South Tyneside’s End of Life project.
Mrs High’s husband of 54 years, Ken, 72, suffers from the neurological disorder Huntington’s Disease and has recently been placed into full-time care at Palmersdene in Jarrow.
But the mum-of-two, who was a full-time carer for her husband, has been helped greatly by the charity’s project co-ordinator, Maria Laben.
Dealing with dementia
Dealing with dementia is frustrating for the person with the condition, but also for family carers.
5 March, 2012 | By Katie Smith
Providing this sort of care at home is a 24-hour, seven-day a week job with little or no time to relax. From personal experience, I have seen the devastating effect of Alzeimer’s on my family and the difficulty in getting support from health and social services.
My grandparents celebrated 60 years of marriage last year. Since my Nan was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s two years ago, her mental state has inevitably worsened. My Grandad is now her full-time carer although my parents, myself and our family help as much as we can.
