Dearth of training in dementia diagnosis
9 July, 2012 | By Steve Ford
Nurses must receive more education and training in identifying dementia
Nurses must receive more education and training in identifying dementia, if care is to improve in line with the increasing prevalence of the condition, according to a group of MPs.
People with dementia are currently facing “shocking variations” in the time it takes for them to receive a diagnosis, a report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia said last week.
Call this care? Government inspectors send hit squad into a care home
Call this care? Government inspectors send hit squad into a care home to rescue pensioners from abuse
- By Mirror.co.uk
- 8 Jul 2012 00:00
An investigation found that staff failed to give sick and disabled residents the medicine they needed and even left one pensioner lying naked in a wet bed for hours
Confused elderly patients were humiliated, restrained and neglected by staff at a care home.
Inspectors were so appalled by what they saw there they sent in their own team to take over. Existing managers were stood down and some staff were suspended.
An investigation found that staff failed to give sick and disabled residents the medicine they needed and even left one pensioner lying naked in a wet bed for hours.
Getting The Balance Right
Special Saturday
I have 4 children, 3 youngest are all autistic. My oldest Ely is however your typical 11 year old tween. Trying to get the balance right between the 3 youngest and Ely is fairly challenging at times and sometimes I hate to say this but I fail dismally usually upsetting one of them.
Now Ely knows we have a very special family and most of the time she understands, why she can’t do certain things. Like having her friends round, we have tried to get the others used to the idea of a stranger in the house but it just upsets them too much and causes massive meltdowns. Unfortunately I can’t do things with Ely such as going shopping together more so now I have had my strokes I find it very difficult and tiring to leave the house.
