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Dementia beds and staffing in Norfolk and Suffolk cut by 45pc ahead of looming increase in cases
Former Waveney MP, Bob Blizzard speaking at a rally
Former Waveney MP, Bob Blizzard speaking at a rally to sending a message to the government and the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust to think again on proposals for cuts to local mental health care services. Picture: James Bass
Adam Gretton, Health correspondent Thursday, May 29, 2014
6:30 AM
Mental health bosses have warned that Norfolk and Suffolk does not have the capacity to cope with a looming increase in dementia cases after beds and staffing numbers were cut by 45pc.
Changing dementia care in Norfolk and Suffolk
Price of dementia: the families struggling to get NHS help
Dementia Awareness Week aims to raise understanding of the often heartbreaking process of trying to get NHS funding
Tenacious Ann Reid has fought hard to get Continuing Healthcare funding for her mother Peggy Belcher. Photograph: Sam Mellish/Age U
- Thousands of relatives and carers of dementia sufferers are battling to receive funding towards crippling care bills. Under the NHS Continuing Healthcare scheme, older people can qualify to have care and nursing home fees paid in full if they are judged to have chronic health needs. This money can help alleviate the burden for families who are otherwise forced to spend every penny and sell their home to meet the cost of care.
Widow calls for more support for people affected by dementia after husband’s five year battle with Alzheimer’s
Wendy Daniel lost her husband to Alzheimer’s aged 68. Picture: Ian Burt
Adam Gretton Monday, May 19, 2014
6:30 AM
A widow has called for more support for dementia patients and their families after being the sole carer of her husband during his five year battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Wendy Daniel, of Cranworth, near Dereham, lost her husband, Bill, to dementia last year.
However, she said the man she knew had died four years before his death after the disease robbed his ability to talk, eat and perform every day functions.
