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With Mum In Mind is one of a suite of films launched to raise awareness about dementia
Dementia videos launched to help carers, sufferers and professionals learn about personalisation
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With Mum In Mind is one of a suite of films launched today by The Mental Health Foundation aimed at raising awareness about dementia and the use of self-directed support in helping people with dementia, their families, carers and social care professionals.
The 10-minute film tells the story of Terry, and how self-directed support has helped her mother get the right care to enjoy a more independent life in the comfort of her own home.
Caring for someone with dementia can be a very frightening experience.
‘I think we knew it was Alzheimer’s before the consultant told us’
- by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail
- Aug 15 2011
With more than 820,000 people suffering with dementia in the UK and 60,000 deaths a year directly attributable to it, Julia McWatt spoke to one family who have been affected by the illness
FOR sufferers of dementia and those close to them, the effects can lead to some very frightening experiences.
Alzheimer’s sufferers can often experience great confusion and mood swings, which can make it very difficult for both the sufferer and their carers, family members and friends.
There is a lack of trust today for the care of the elderly
Three in four of us don’t trust care homes to look after our relatives properly
By Fiona Macrae
Last updated at 8:29 AM on 8th August 2011
Three in four Britons plan to look after their elderly relatives themselves because they don’t trust homes to care for them properly.
Eight in ten would rather their quality of life be affected than that of their parents or grandparents, according to a poll of 2,000 men and women whose parents are beginning to struggle to live in their own houses.
Two-thirds of the women surveyed said they would feel they were letting a loved one down by putting them in a home.
