Tag Archives: alzheimers

Tracking device for sufferers with dementia will help carers

April 2, 2013   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia

Sat nan! Dementia sufferer Anne gets tracking device to stop her getting lost

 

 

Lifesaver … Joanne Taylor shows how the Buddi tracking system works online
Cavendish Press
By BELLA BATTLE
Published: 4 hrs ago

A DEMENTIA-suffering great gran has been fitted with a tracking device dubbed a “sat nan” because she gets lost so often while out walking.

Anne Grimshaw, 78, has become one of the first people in the UK to be equipped with the technology so her family can find her when she gets lost.

The device – known as “Buddi” – is attached to Anne’s keys and shows her last known position on an online map daughter Joanne has access to.

Anne disappears up to FIVE TIMES A DAY and has been known to walk between 150 and 200 miles a week.

She once unwittingly found herself on the hard shoulder of the motorway and a police search helicopter has also been needed to track her down.

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Please, please we need more dementia nurses

April 2, 2013   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia

Specialist dementia nurses could save NHS £11m a year, Southampton experts claim

8:00am Monday 1st April 2013 in News  By Melanie Adams, Health Reporter

SPECIALIST dementia nurses could save the health service £11m a year, according to experts in Southampton.

A report by the University of Southampton and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is calling for greater support, funding and training of specialist nurses to boost care for dementia patients and save millions of pounds by slashing the time sufferers are in hospital.

With more than 20,000 people suffering from the devastating disease in Southampton and Hampshire, it has highlighted the significant contribution made by specialist dementia nurses in hospitals and found that if they were properly funded and trained, they could reduce hospital stays for older people by one day on average – a saving of almost £11m.

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Despite the widespread nature of dementia, many sufferers still live in silence

March 26, 2013   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia

Vital steps to stop Alzheimer’s victims suffering in silence

THE scourge of dementia is now so widespread that health experts have issued the first step-by-step guide to living with the crippling condition.

 Despite the widespread nature of dementia, many sufferers still live in silence
The Alzheimer’s Society guide is intended to help prevent tens of thousands of sufferers being placed into care too early when they could be looked after at home.The advice for sufferers and their families includes researching the disease thoroughly, talking to friends and relatives and finding out what local services and financial support are available.

Research shows that the vast majority of people with Alzheimer’s want to stay in the comfort of their home for as long as possible.

But in many cases their carers – nearly always spouses or family members – are simply overwhelmed.

Many people living with dementia have been forced to leave their safe havens, which is unacceptable

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