Category Archives: Carers

How to improve your memory!

April 27, 2013   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia

Clenching fists ‘can improve memory’

By Helen Briggs BBC News

 Clenching the fist temporarily changes brain function

Memory can be improved simply by clenching the fists, a study suggests.

Clenching the right hand for 90 seconds helps in memory formation, while the same movement in the left improves memory recall, say US psychologists.

In an experiment, 50 adults performed better at remembering words from a long list when they carried out these movements.

The researchers think clenching a fist activates specific brain regions that are associated with memory processing.

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NHS ‘ring fence’ threatened by plan to help social care

April 26, 2013   Carers, DOH, hospital, Social care, ukcuts

More than £1bn likely to be transferred from health budget to local authorities

Oliver Wright Author Biography

Friday 26 April 2013

Ministers are to effectively abandon their pledge to ring-fence NHS spending by diverting more than £1bn to cover the spiralling cost of social care, The Independent can disclose.

The Government has decided to act amid fears that hospitals are admitting elderly patients who could be better cared for at home.

The plans – being drawn up as part of the Government’s spending review – are likely to see at least £1bn transferred from the Department of Health to local authorities to keep people out of hospital.

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Ground breaking online resource to help meet the challenge of dementia care

April 26, 2013   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia

Ground breaking online resource to help meet the challenge of dementia care

23rd April 2013
The Norfolk & Suffolk Dementia Alliance launches ‘Learning Location’ to help individuals and organisations who provide care for people with dementia gain access to essential information and most appropriate training in a single place.

London, UK – Tuesday 23 April 2013 – Norfolk & Suffolk Dementia Alliance announces a new free online resource to meet the challenge of delivering excellent care and support to people with dementia. The website called The Learning Location is open to individual carers, families, professional staff and organisations looking for relevant information, guides and training support. This initiative was developed as a result of the Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia, which was launched last year.

By 2030, there will be 15 million people over the age of 65 in the UK. After a century of advances in medical science, sanitation and nutrition, people today are living longer than ever before. One in three people over the age of 65 will develop Dementia.

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