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Norfolk to get its first Admiral Nurse for dementia care
By Kim Briscoe
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
6:30 AM
Admiral Nurses have been described as offering the same sort of support as Macmillan nurses, but for families and people affected by dementia instead of cancer.
There are only 85 Admiral Nurses in the UK and none in Norfolk, but a year ago Dementia UK, the charity behind the nurses, unveiled plans to bring their care to the county.
Barbara Stephens, chief executive of Dementia UK, said: “The very good news is that we have got some funding from a funder, but we can’t say who at this stage.
Council boss ‘appalled’ after elderly woman left on bus overnight
How could this have happened
MISSING: The woman should have been returned to Jill Jenkins Court
THE chief executive of Luton Borough Council has described an incident in which an elderly woman with Alzheimer’s was left locked in a minbus overnight as “appalling”.
Trevor Holden said the council deeply regretted the distress caused to the woman and her family, adding: “We are deeply shocked that something has gone so seriously wrong.”
The woman, who is in her 80s, was left on the council minibus at the Kingsway depot on Monday night at 5.30pm, and was not discovered until 7am the following morning.
