Dementia care home opens its own pub
A care home in Bristol has opened its own pub where residents can sit and have a chat over a pint of beer.
Humphry Repton House, which is run by the charity Milestones Trust, has become one of the first dementia care homes in the country to have a fully-working nostalgic pub.
Mike Jessup, activities coordinator, said: “It blurs the line between nursing home and normal life.”
Mr Jessup and his colleague Nicola Taylor came up with the idea after seeing how much residents enjoyed the ‘pub afternoons’ they regularly held at the home.
“We’ve opened three times so far,” says Ms Taylor, “and each time it has been relatives, staff and residents socialising together, there were no lines. Arthur spent all afternoon here with his daughters, and they said he was like a new man!”
Does dementia screening do more harm than good?
Alzheimer’s disease health centre
10th September 2013 – Around two-thirds of people over 80 could be diagnosed with dementia because doctors are being encouraged to carry out unnecessary investigations and prescribe potentially harmful treatments, experts are warning.
A group of geriatric, dementia and public health specialists from Australia and the UK say the growing trend towards more screening amounts to a “war against dementia” with the risk of considerable over-diagnosis.
However, one UK dementia charity disputes the claims and says doctors should be supported for helping people with the condition to access early treatment.
Launch of The Big Tea in aid of Independent Age
Big Tea week 1 – 7 October 2013
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