Category Archives: Carers
February was National Heart Month
North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb had a chance to find out about the work of the British Heart Foundation (BHF) on a visit to the charity’s Sheringham shop.
Because February was National Heart Month, the health minister contacted the BHF head office and asked to meet staff and volunteers at Sheringham.
“The organisation does brilliant work, both in raising vital funds and campaigning,” he said. “There is a lot of work to do in our communities to raise awareness and to let people know what they can do to save lives.”
Mr Lamb, who entertained supporters at last year’s Lib Dem conference by performing a Vinny Jones-style hands-only CPR to the beat of the Bee Gees’ Stayin’ Alive, chatted with staff, volunteers and customers at Sheringham.
What would a ‘Dementia Village’ look like?
Department of Health to build ‘Dementia Village’ at Healthcare Innovation Expo
The Department of Health (DH) is hosting a major dementia event at the Healthcare Innovation Expo at ExCeL London on 13 and 14 of March 2013. A dedicated area of the exhibition hall will be devoted to a ‘Dementia Village’ to showcase good practice and innovation in dementia care, dementia friendly communities and research. This is an artist’s impression of what the village will look like:
The village will contain a main stage for speakers, a village green and bandstand with leisure and entertainment activities to get involved in, and a house demonstrating ways that we can support people with dementia and their carers to live well.
Elderly being diagnosed with ‘acopia’ a disease that does not exist
Elderly patients diagnosed with ‘acopia’ – a disease that does not exist
Elderly patients often do not receive proper treatment because they are subconsciously ‘written off’ and diagnosed with ‘acopia’, a condition that does not exist, a former Government adviser on the elderly has said.
10:37AM GMT 04 Mar 2013
Professor David Oliver said that subconscious ageism within the NHS often meant the elderly are not correctly diagnosed and instead sent to care homes for treatable illnesses.
One study found serious conditions such as strokes, heart disease and Parkinson’s were being missed. Patients were instead diagnosed with ‘acopia’, which only means ‘failure to cope’.
Patients from the wartime generation typically do not want to “make a fuss”, he said, and so do not demand better care.
chenrezig 
annie 
JaneJ 