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Our struggle with dementia may be ‘blueprint for care’
Syd Mayne has praised the support he and his wife received
By SUE GYFORD
Published on Monday 7 May 2012 12:00
THE self-penned story of a man whose wife was diagnosed with dementia is to be sent to 14,000 care home workers around Britain to encourage them to treat their residents with compassion.
Syd Mayne, 78, wrote Journey into Loneliness after his wife Kate moved from their home in Bonnyrigg to Springfield Bank Care Home in December 2010.
The book charts their life together, the struggle their family faced when Kate was diagnosed with dementia, and the dedication of staff at the care home. The couple met at a dance at the Fountainbridge Palais in 1954, and had three children. Mr Mayne became a TV writer and then sports writer at The Scotsman, and his wife, now 80, worked as a nursery nurse.
Severe dementia care: Homes try new approach
The Namaste programme
By Adam Brimelow Health correspondent, BBC News
It is estimated that one-in-three people over 65 will die with dementia.
Researchers say there is a lack of evidence on how to provide the best care for patients with advanced dementia who are terminally ill.
This week a group of leading health charities wrote to the prime minister urging him to make this a priority as part of his “dementia challenge”.
I have been to see a new approach to looking after people with severe dementia that’s on trial in several care homes in south London.
The programme is called Namaste, in this case meaning “to honour the spirit within”.
Prime Minister’s challenge on dementia – improvements to health and care
In this blog Alistair talks about one strand of the Prime Minister’s challenge on dementia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6q7R5thJrA&feature=player_embedded#!
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