Category Archives: dementia

Takashi Asada, a Japanese professor specializing in dementia

June 3, 2013   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia

4.6 million elderly are suffering dementia

Kyodo

The number of people with dementia aged 65 or older reached an estimated 4.62 million last year, accounting for 15 percent of the age bracket, according to a health ministry survey.

A study group under the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry also calculated that another 4 million senior citizens, up from 3.8 million in 2010, suffered from mild cognitive impairment, which can evolve into dementia.

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Dementia care given priority in new NHS training guidelines

May 28, 2013   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia, health, Older care

Department of Health training blueprint promises to give NHS education unprecedented focus and importance

Andrew Sparrow
The Guardian, Tuesday 28 May 2013

Tackling dementia and encouraging medical students to become GPs are among the priorities under a new framework for NHS training.

At least half the number of medical students must go on to become GPs, and much more should be done to increase awareness of dementia, an NHS training blueprint will announce today.

Getting more nurses to train in the community is also a priority under a new framework for NHS training.

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Dementia is not just a problem for old people

May 25, 2013   Alzheimer’s, Cancer, dementia

PATIENTS as young as 40 have been diagnosed with dementia in Plymouth.

Friday, May 24, 2013

Plymouth Herald

The shocking age shows why state-of-the-art services are available in the city.

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Sara Mitchell, right, the Plymouth Community Healthcare lead on dementia services, said: “Recently we had two gentleman aged about 40 and a woman who was 42. Generally speaking it’s 65 and over.

“But we’ve had some very young people recently.

“We’ve seen rates increase in the last five years and we expect that trend to continue as we all live longer.”

Dementia care in Plymouth has three strands – a memory service, a complex care team and the Edgcumbe ward at Mount Gould Hospital.

Ms Mitchell explained: “The memory service sees patients who are referred from GPs with significant memory problems diagnosis.

“Then they will be seen at fairly regular intervals and monitored and see how their dementia progresses.

“Medication can slow the process down but the deterioration varies massively from person to person.”

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