Category Archives: dementia

Better care for the elderly

May 14, 2014   Carers, dementia, Featured Article, Older care

HERE TO HELP: Decision makers from the health, social care and voluntary sector get together to improve services for the elderly in Hartlepool

IMPROVED services for the elderly have come under the spotlight at a summit in Hartlepool.

Experts from numerous sectors came together to look at how better arrangements can be put in place for older people in the town.

Mounting demands are being placed on services which cater for people with conditions such as stroke and dementia.

And with an increasingly ageing population, the NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) held a summit is focusing on how improvements could be made for vulnerable elderly people in the area.

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Dementia’s tragic toll: 50,000 quit jobs to care for sufferers

May 7, 2014   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia, Featured Article
  • More than 65,000 people are now juggling work and care for sufferer
  • Nine out of ten businesses say they would consider flexible hours for carers
  • Campaigners say more needs to be done to help those with condition
  • Celebrities Alesha Dixon, Ray Winstone and Amanda Holden back new drive

By Daily Mail Reporter

Published: 01:56, 7 May 2014 | Updated: 09:23, 7 May 2014

More than 50,000 carers will have to quit their jobs to look after loved ones with dementia this year, research shows.

article-2622011-081B13D6000005DCDementia care costs businesses in England £1.6billion a year and 66,000 employees have to adjust their work schedule to make time for their caring responsibilities.

Public Health England and leading health charity, the Alzheimer’s Society, have joined forces in a major campaign to encourage the public to tackle one of the nation’s biggest health issues.

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War veteran opens new carers’ facility Wells Hospital

April 26, 2014   Carers, dementia, Norfolk

War veteran who was one of the first British soldiers to meet the Russians after the Battle of Berlin opens new carers’ facility at Wells Community Hospital

The latest feature of an ambitious project to develop a dementia hub in Wells has been officially opened by a World War Two veteran and charity trustee.

John Utting, 91, who served with the Royal Artillery 25th Field Regiment and was one of the first British soldiers to meet the Russians on the day Berlin surrendered to Soviet forces on May 2, 1945, officially opened The Harold Moorhouse Room at the hospital yesterday.

The facility will be used as a social meeting place for anyone involved in care work.

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