Tag Archives: dementia
There is nothing good to say about Alzheimer’s
Disease with dreadful sadness for carers
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Michael Gill with his son A. A. Gill in 2003. “The illness gave us a long time to make our farewells. There was nothing left unsaid between us,” says the writer Peter Marlow/Magnum
The thing with this sentence, this arrest of dementia, is that its greatest victims aren’t those who have it. That’s not to say that the diagnosis isn’t dreadful for the recipient, but there is a peculiar and particular hammering sadness for those that love and care for an Alzheimer’s spouse or parent.
It is a wearying and lonely obligation, but with the added cruelty that the person you’re looking after vanishes, escapes before your eyes. In the end, you’re caring for the case that someone came in.
Quarter of hospital beds are now occupied by dementia sufferers
Emergency admissions for dementia patients rise 12%
A quarter of hospital beds are now occupied by dementia sufferers as emergency admissions have risen sharply in recent years, figures show.
Experts say the increasing number of admissions is costly to the NHS and in many cases unnecessary, as well as traumatic for vulnerable patients.
Campaigners are calling for new strategies to improve care for dementia under the reformed health service, with greater involvement from patients themselves.
How Aladdin panto made the day for dementia sufferers
Aladdin helps Actonepanto reach the heart
After a recent performance of Aladdin at Barnes Court Residential Home,Sunderland, this email to Jule Watson of Actonepanto speaks for itself!
“Hi Jule,
I just wanted to let you know that our residents, staff and family members all thoroughly enjoyed Aladdin last night. The simplicity of the “stage setting” and the standard of acting/singing was brilliant. Your actors fully engaged with even the most challenging residents (we were set up on the dementia floor) and I have never seen so many smiling faces in a long time!! The songs were very familiar to the audience and, of course, this is very important to dementia sufferers because this stimulates their memories.
