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Stepping outdoors with Sheffield dementia patients
Published on Monday 2 July 2012 09:44
A CARE home in Sheffield is promoting a sunny, green-fingered approach to life as it takes part in a national survey on dementia care.
Springwood Residential Home, on Herries Road, is part of a chain of 11 homes operated across the city by charitable organisation SheffCare.
The home, which has a number of residents living with dementia, has been chosen by environmental design expert Dr Garuth Chalfont to participate in research into the ways connections to the natural world can benefit residents with dementia.
How living a stressful lifestyle could lead to dementia
- The stress of moving house or losing a loved one could contribute, the scientists believe
PUBLISHED: 07:31, 26 June 2012 | UPDATED: 10:28, 26 June 2012
Stressful events such as moving house or the death of a loved one could lead people to develop dementia, researchers have suggested.
Experts have been investigating the role stress plays in causing Alzheimer’s, and claim that certain ‘traumatic experiences’ are factors in developing the condition.
The study, being led by Professor Clive Holmes at the University of Southampton, will monitor 140 people aged over 50 with mild cognitive impairment during an 18-month period.
‘Charity saved our marriage and life’
The strain of caring for a loved one with dementia nearly ended our marriage.
LOVING wives who care for their husbands with dementia say the strain almost ended their marriages.
But they were all brought back from the brink by a support group run by Brunelcare.
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SUPPORTED: Barbara and Peter Kiddle at the Kimbrose Lunch Club.
The charity helps carers across Gloucester, letting them take time out, share concerns and get advice.
Members of its Kimbrose Lunch Club have opened up about their personal struggles and how the club has transformed their lives.
They spoke out to raise awareness as part of National Carers Week, which ended yesterday.
