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What’s it like to have dementia? Presenter Helen McDermott and Radio Norfolk’s Nick Conrad found out
The simplest of tasks can feel like climbing Mount Everest.
Stacia Briggs Friday, May 9, 2014
2:36 PM
Our game recruits were Helen McDermott and Radio Norfolk’s Nick Conrad, who arrived full of beans, excited about their challenge and who were only mildly disconcerted when faced with the disclaimer they had to sign before they were strapped into the GERT suit.
Better care for the elderly
HERE TO HELP: Decision makers from the health, social care and voluntary sector get together to improve services for the elderly in Hartlepool
IMPROVED services for the elderly have come under the spotlight at a summit in Hartlepool.
Experts from numerous sectors came together to look at how better arrangements can be put in place for older people in the town.
Mounting demands are being placed on services which cater for people with conditions such as stroke and dementia.
And with an increasingly ageing population, the NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) held a summit is focusing on how improvements could be made for vulnerable elderly people in the area.
Dementia’s tragic toll: 50,000 quit jobs to care for sufferers
- More than 65,000 people are now juggling work and care for sufferer
- Nine out of ten businesses say they would consider flexible hours for carers
- Campaigners say more needs to be done to help those with condition
- Celebrities Alesha Dixon, Ray Winstone and Amanda Holden back new drive
More than 50,000 carers will have to quit their jobs to look after loved ones with dementia this year, research shows.
Dementia care costs businesses in England £1.6billion a year and 66,000 employees have to adjust their work schedule to make time for their caring responsibilities.
Public Health England and leading health charity, the Alzheimer’s Society, have joined forces in a major campaign to encourage the public to tackle one of the nation’s biggest health issues.
