Category Archives: dementia
Caring for someone with dementia can be a very frightening experience.
‘I think we knew it was Alzheimer’s before the consultant told us’
- by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail
- Aug 15 2011
With more than 820,000 people suffering with dementia in the UK and 60,000 deaths a year directly attributable to it, Julia McWatt spoke to one family who have been affected by the illness
FOR sufferers of dementia and those close to them, the effects can lead to some very frightening experiences.
Alzheimer’s sufferers can often experience great confusion and mood swings, which can make it very difficult for both the sufferer and their carers, family members and friends.
There is a lack of trust today for the care of the elderly
Three in four of us don’t trust care homes to look after our relatives properly
By Fiona Macrae
Last updated at 8:29 AM on 8th August 2011
Three in four Britons plan to look after their elderly relatives themselves because they don’t trust homes to care for them properly.
Eight in ten would rather their quality of life be affected than that of their parents or grandparents, according to a poll of 2,000 men and women whose parents are beginning to struggle to live in their own houses.
Two-thirds of the women surveyed said they would feel they were letting a loved one down by putting them in a home.
Help for carers who care for someone with dementia in the UK
Vital help on offer for carers
11:25am Thursday 4th August 2011
Did your readers know that there are currently 750,000 people with Alzheimer’s or dementia in the UK?
This number is set to rise to over a million people with dementia within ten years.
Caring for a loved one with dementia can be a lonely, stressful experience. The feeling of disconnection is hardest to bear.
There may be precious moments of clarity, when memories return and the years roll away, but for the most part carers have to watch their loved ones drifting slowly away.
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