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PM outlines dementia support plan
Dementia Friends
The Prime Minister is calling on a million members of the public to provide support for dementia sufferers.
David Cameron has set out his ambitious plan to create masses of “dementia friends” who will be able to spot the signs of the condition and offer support for sufferers.
Mr Cameron, who says that tackling dementia is a “personal priority” of his, hopes that one million people will sign up to receive coaching sessions by 2015. The sessions, which will be provided in church halls and workplaces, will help to raise awareness and teach people how to support those with the condition.
Dementia deaths more than double in a decade
The proportion of people dying of dementia has more than doubled in a decade, official figures show, and by 2021 one in eight of all deaths could be due to the brain disease.
By Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent
2:09PM GMT 06 Nov 2012
Every tenth woman in England and Wales now dies of dementia (10.3 per cent), according to mortality figures for 2011 from the Office for National Statistics, up from 4.3 per cent in 2001.
In men, the proportion of deaths from dementia has risen from 2.0 to 5.2 per cent over the course of the decade.
Should these rises be sustained it will mean that by 2021 about 12 per cent of all deaths will be attributed to dementia.
Experts said the figures were a “scary” reminder of the scale of the dementia timebomb facing Britain.
PEOPLE with dementia will soon be able to benefit from a state of the art facility.
Aldeburgh Community Hospital
Aldeburgh: New facility set to open at community hospital for people with dementia
By Craig Robinson Monday, October 29, 2012
10:00 AM
PEOPLE with dementia will soon be able to benefit from a state of the art facility.
A new multi sensory room will be opened at Aldeburgh Community Hospital tomorrow.
The facility can be used in a variety of ways but will initially help people who have dementia, especially those using the hospital’s day centre.
