Category Archives: Carers
New projects offer dementia hope
The project is based at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital.
10:00am Monday 19th March 2012 in News
TWO multi-million pound projects have just been launched in Oxford in the hope of one day finding a cure.
Over the next five years, the LEAD (longitudinal early Alzheimer’s disease) project will see a group of about 200 people from across the county and country monitored to find a way of slowing down, and curing, the progression of Alzheimer’s – the most common form of dementia.
Elderly ‘should be cared for at home on NHS’
Elderly patients should be looked after at home by NHS-funded carers instead of being kept at hospital, experts said in a criticism of the Government’s health reforms.
By Nick Collins, Science Correspondent
7:30AM GMT 19 Mar 2012
Spending more NHS money on community health programmes and social care would reduce the burden placed on hospitals by patients including dementia sufferers, according to a new report.
But the coalition has failed to remove barriers which prevent health and social care from being more closely integrated, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) said.
Pair champion county carers
“Carers are unsung heroes and without them the NHS simply could not function.
12:00pm Sunday 18th March 2012 in News
Pembrokeshire’s newly-appointed Carers’ Champions aim to make people aware of the vital work carers provide across the county.
County Council representative Cllr David Bryan, of Haverfordwest, said that there is often confusion about the word carer.
“A carer is someone who, without payment, provides help and support to a partner, parent, child, friend or neighbour who could not manage without their help,” he said.
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