£10m for mental health research in East of England

August 10, 2013   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia, mental health, Norfolk

Projects to improve the care of people with mental health conditions in the East of England have been given a boost of nearly £10m.

National Institute of Health Research has awarded the grant to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, which is carrying out the research.

It will support projects that make a “difference to people’s lives”.

Two areas it is looking at are dementia and patient safety.

The trust plans to work with the Universities of Cambridge University and the University of East Anglia in Norwich.

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A Carer thinking about dementia and memory problems

August 9, 2013   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia, learning difficulties

Guest blog by Carol Munt
munt12@aol.com

Last week I found out how frustrating and annoying it is to be stopped by the traffic police, have my car impounded and issued with a summons for no  vehicle insurance and a £150 bill to retrieve my car.
All because I missed the printing mistake on my certificate of insurance which said 736 instead of 376 as part of my car registration and I couldn’t remember who I had insured with.
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Humanity must come before parking fines!

August 8, 2013   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia, Older care, Scotland

Parking fine refunded to Good Samaritan after the News step in

Aug 7 2013 by Andrea O’Neill, East Kilbride News

Blue meanies slapped a parking ticket on the car of a Good Samaritan who stopped to provide urgent care to an elderly dementia sufferer.

Humanist Celebrant Ross Wright was hit with a £60 fine while responding to what he claims was a medical emergency.

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