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Dementia Awareness Week: a family carer's message to professionals
Carers should be recognised as advocates and their views integrated into assessments and care packages
Every week or day of the year, it seems, is designated to remind us of some issue or medical condition. The public, and indeed care professionals, could be forgiven for awareness fatigue. So what is particular to dementia that sets it apart from all these other claims on our attention?
Well, firstly the stats. According to the UK Alzheimer’s Society 2013 data, there are now more than 800,000 people in this country with some form of dementia; one in three over 65 will develop it, the incidence increasing with age. There are already 10 million people over 65 in the UK and 3 million over 80. This latter figure is projected to almost double by 2030. Thus everyone is likely to know someone affected, directly or indirectly. As a care professional, even if you are not a specialist, you will probably come into daily contact with at least one person with dementia.
Which? is looking for people with long term illness to take part in some research
Which? is looking for people to take part in some research. We would like to talk to:
people who have been diagnosed with a long term, serious or life threatening illness;
the families and/or carers of people who have been diagnosed with a long term, serious or life threatening illness; and
people who have been bereaved in the past two years.
We want to understand the consumer issues and extra costs that people in this position may face (e.g. higher fuel bills and legal fees). We’d also like to know if people with a serious condition feel they have the support and the information they need to make the right choices – for example when buying goods and services. We’re also interested in how well supported people feel when dealing with end of life issues like wills and probate.
Dementia beds set to be axed in Carlton Colville as part of mental health shake-up
Reducing the 12 beds and maybe staff
Anthony Carroll anthony.carroll@archant.co.uk
Thursday, May 23, 2013
11:41 AM
The mental health trust for Norfolk and Suffolk has launched an internal consultation into the future of acute dementia beds for elderly people in Great Yarmouth and Waveney.
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has announced it is looking at reducing the 12 beds at Carlton Court Hospital in Carlton Colville, near Lowestoft, and replacing them with dementia intensive support teams to provide care for more elderly people at their homes in the Waveney and Yarmouth areas.
It is believed the number of beds in the dementia ward could be cut to three and 31 staff could be affected.
