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Film highlights the reality of living with dementia
Tuning In To Dementia
8:56am Wednesday 27th November 2013 in News By Kate Liptrot, Health Reporter
A THOUGHT-provoking film which asks young people to consider the reality of living with dementia was premiered at a York school last night.
Starring students from Joseph Rowntree School, community members and some residents with dementia from Hartrigg Oaks, Tuning In To Dementia, aims to increase dementia awareness and build better understanding of the condition from an early age.
Over the next year it will be shown to 2,000 York secondary school pupils in personal, social and health education lessons and could then be rolled out nationally alongside a lesson plan.
Top doctor welcomes dementia-friendly high-street to Fareham
STORES in Fareham have signed up to become a dementia-friendly high street.
Dr David Chilvers, chairman of the Fareham and Gosport Clinical Commissioning Group, which buys in health needs for the area, has welcomed the move.
He said: ‘It’s fantastic news for Fareham – and for people living with dementia and their families and carers.’
Plea for more support services after almost a third of Norfolk and Suffolk GPs say there is little point diagnosing dementia
Norfolk and Suffolk Dementia Alliance launch event in Norwich. Willie Cruickshank of Norfolk and Suffolk Dementia Alliance
.Photo: Steve Adams
Adam Gretton Health correspondent Friday, November 22, 2013
11:36 AM
Calls have been made to improve support for people with dementia after almost a third of Norfolk and Suffolk GPs surveyed said there was little point in diagnosing the condition because of a lack of support services.
NHS chiefs have called on the dementia diagnosis rate, which is currently around 40pc, to be raised to 66pc by 2015.
However, the results of a new survey by the Norfolk and Suffolk Dementia Alliance, revealed that 29pc of GPs questioned said that there was little point in diagnosing people with dementia because there were inadequate or no support services in their area. More than 100 GPs from across Norfolk and Suffolk responded to the questionnaire, which was coordinated by the University of East Anglia.
