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Aberdeen dementia patient ‘had 106 paid carers’
Aberdeen City Council has pledged to look into the concerns his wife has raised.
By Eleanor Bradford BBC Scotland Health Correspondent
A woman has claimed her husband, who had dementia, was given 106 different carers in a single year.
Jeanette Maitland said the constant stream of different faces sent by agencies working for Aberdeen’s social work department contravened her husband Ken’s basic human right to dignity.
Mr Maitland died from a dementia-related illness last week.
Aberdeen City Council has pledged to look into the concerns his wife has raised.
Mrs Maitland told BBC Scotland she initially wrote down the names of her husband’s carers so that she could get to know them.
Mental health and armed forces charities call for more research into the impact of mental ill health on Armed Forces families
Unsung Heroes examines the services already in place for families
Armed Forces families must be better supported to deal with the emotional and psychological impact of deployment, according to a report released today by Centre for Mental Health.
The report, Unsung Heroes, also calls for urgent research into alcohol misuse, domestic violence and the impact of mental health problems on the partners and children of Service personnel and veterans.
The report, which is supported by The Royal British Legion and the veteran’s mental health charity Combat Stress, argues that while progress is being made to address the psychological needs of Service personnel and veterans themselves, the practical and emotional impact on their partners and children must also be taken into consideration.
Old films to help recover people’s forgotten past
Memory Bank
It is part of a new project called Memory Bank developed by the Yorkshire Film Archive (YFA) along with healthcare professionals and carers.
Old home movies are being used to help trigger the forgotten past of people with dementia and other memory loss.
It is part of a new project called Memory Bank developed by the Yorkshire Film Archive (YFA) along with healthcare professionals and carers.
Old films have been carefully selected to help participants remember the past.
YFA director Sue Howard said one user had said: “It’s like peeling back the years – the memories are still there, its just needs a trigger.”
The majority of the films being used are home movies shot in and around Yorkshire from the 1940s to 70s, all of which are housed at YFA which is based at York St John University.
