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Warwickshire's dementia portal brings vital information together online
A county council has developed an online portal to make it simpler for people with dementia and their carers to navigate their way through the system
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Christine Lewington
- Guardian Professional,
In social care commissioning many of us have been haunted by the graphs of doom; the forecasted reductions in spending set against the rising number of older people with complex conditions, a great number of whom will have dementia.
In Warwickshire alone there are 7,100 people living with dementia – a figure that is expected to rise by 34% by 2021.
We believe there can be a positive future for people with dementia, but only if we shape it now and help people to help themselves and family members earlier on.
Charity urges dementia awareness over festive period
Sunday 23 December 2012
As families gather for the festive period, a charity is urging people to look out for the signs of dementia in elderly relatives.
The Alzheimer’s Society said Christmas was often the only time families saw each other all year.
The charity has called for people to look out for symptoms in relatives.
Initial signs of the condition, which is caused by diseases of the brain, may include short-term memory loss that affects every day life, problems with thinking or reasoning, or unexplained anxiety, anger or depression.
It is also advising anyone concerned that they may have dementia to visit their GP to get a proper diagnosis.
Pioneering Dementia research projects receive £22 million government boost
Twenty one pioneering research projects to boost dementia diagnosis rates and trial ground breaking treatments have been selected to receive a share of £22million of Government funding, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced today.
Visiting pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly’s UK dementia research centre, the Health Secretary emphasised the crucial role of medical research in making breakthroughs in the prevention and treatment of dementia, whilst ensuring that research can help people with dementia live well with the condition today.
The funding was awarded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and was designed to cover all areas of scientific activity relevant to dementia, across the fields of care, cure and cause, including prevention.
