Officials from the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland have now been asked to investigate the complaint in what the ombudsman said was an “injustice” to the 55-year-old patient, who had learning disabilities and severe dementia.
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‘Injustice’ to vulnerable NHS patient slammed
Sex and dementia: Aging population set for 'rape case timebomb' in nursing homes in USA
This problem will come to the UK
By James Nye
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Sex among dementia sufferers from the Baby Boomer generation is set to become a legal minefield for nursing homes and bring potential heart-break to their healthy spouses and children.
Currently, there approximately five million people in the U.S. who have Alzheimer’s and with 40 million people in the U.S. now currently aged over 65 – that number is expected to rise over the next decade to 7.1 million.
With those numbers only due to go up, the $120 billion nursing home industry expects massive financial growth – but as the Baby Boomers age, their carers and families will surely be faced with difficult legal, ethical and moral questions.
There approximately five million people in the U.S. who have Alzheimer’s and with 40 million people in the U.S. now currently aged over 65 – that number is expected to rise over the next decade to 7.1 million
UEA gets £2m to help improve dementia care
The study will be hosted by the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where initial research will take place.
David Bale david.bale2@archant.co.uk
Monday, July 22, 2013
7:54 AM
UEA researchers have been awarded a £2m programme grant from the National Institute of Health Research to examine ways to improve hospital care for people with dementia.
One quarter of acute NHS hospital beds are occupied by people with dementia, but inconsistent standards of care, poor physical and mental health management and overuse of sedatives have been highlighted in national reports.
The five-year programme will involve a UK and international team of researchers with the Alzheimer’s Society and Dementia UK as partners. It will be the first dementia-specific study combining elements of best care with a system for putting them into practice.
Programme leader Dr Chris Fox, from UEA’s Norwich Medical School, said: “An injury such as a fractured hip often leads to acute confusion known as delirium and other complications.
“On average, people with a hip fracture in addition to dementia stay in hospital three times longer than those with a hip fracture who do not have dementia.
