Category Archives: dementia

Dementia care will reach many

September 12, 2014   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia, Featured Article, Norfolk

 Actress and comedian Helen Lederer speaks.

Picture: DENISE BRADLEY

Friday, September 12, 2014
6:30 AM

With one in three over-65s expected to die with dementia, Kim Briscoe finds out how we are caring for the growing number of people with the condition.

It can be a bewildering and frustrating condition, in which carers are put under an enormous strain and family members see the person they once knew disappear bit by bit.

With more and more people expected to be diagnosed with dementia, it poses a huge challenge to our health and social care system.

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Let the elderly in care keep their own furniture to make it feel like home, says minister

August 18, 2014   Carers, dementia, Featured Article, Older care

  • Allowing their possessions about them reassures old people in homes

  • 25,000 care homes will be subjected to a ‘robust’ inspection scheme
  • Care should be ‘personalised’ especially for those with dementia 

By Tania Steere For Daily Mail

Published: 01:43, 18 August 2014 | Updated: 01:43, 18 August 2014

Care homes should be fitted with the curtains, bedspreads and furniture of their occupants to try to make them a ‘civilised’ home from home, according to the Care Minister.

Norman Lamb warned last night that many residents, especially those with dementia, feel alienated and confused when ‘plunged into’ an unfamiliar environment.

The Daily Mail has waged a long-running Dignity for the Elderly campaign for better standards in hospitals and care homes.

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Jeremy Hunt urges health and wellbeing boards to help improve dementia care and support

August 2, 2014   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia, health

The letter highlights good practice in supporting people with dementia and their carers

The Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt has written to health and wellbeing boards and local authorities to encourage them to increase awareness of dementia and help improve dementia diagnosis rates in their local areas, through networking with local NHS colleagues.

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