Category Archives: dementia
State-of- the-art care home could be completed by the end of next year
Joy as £6m care site takes shape
WORK on a long-awaited state-of- the-art care home could be completed by the end of next year.
Grwp Gwalia’s new nursing care home on land to the rear of the existing Mynydd Mawr Hospital in Upper Tumble looks on track to be completed by the end of 2012.
A spokeswoman for Gwalia — the care and housing provider — said: “Since March the foundations and other groundworks have been completed and the building’s footprint is now starting to take shape.
NHS and local government team up with Age UK to improve care for older people
The commission hopes to report its findings in Spring 2012 but what happens between now and then.
Source : Age UK / NHS Confederation / LG Group
Published on 20 July 2011 12:30 AM
The NHS Confederation, Local Government Group (LG Group) and Age UK are joining forces to establish a commission on improving dignity in care provided to older patients in hospitals and care homes
Painkillers ‘may ease agitation’ in dementia patients
This could help Dementia patients live a better life
18 July 2011 Last updated at 01:08
By Jane Hughes Health correspondent, BBC News
Many dementia patients being prescribed “chemical cosh” antipsychotic drugs could be better treated with simple painkillers, research says.
The British and Norwegian study, published on the BMJ website, found painkillers significantly cut agitation in dementia patients.
Agitation, a common dementia symptom, is often treated with antipsychotic drugs, which have risky side effects.
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