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Dilemma of Northern Ireland dementia victims
25 October 2012 Last updated at 06:18
Many people with dementia in Northern Ireland are not dying where they would prefer, with their families unaware of their end-of-life wishes.
According to the Alzheimer’s Society, many families are unaware of their loved ones wishes because of a double stigma around dementia and death.
The charity is calling for a greater awareness about planning end of life care.
Closure plan for Sheffield dementia centres
24 October 2012 Last updated at 09:48
Two of Sheffield’s three dementia support centres may be closed.
Councillors will be asked to consider closing the Norbury Centre in Fir Vale and Bole Hill View in Crookes.
Sheffield Health and Social Care Trust, which runs the centres, and the city council, which funds them, said the plan would save £835,000.
The money will be used to improve the remaining centre, Hurlfield View at Arbour, and provide more services to people at home.
The proposal follows a consultation period, during which people with dementia and their carers were asked to give feedback on the services they received and how they could be improved.
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt visits Norwich dementia unit
The reality of living with and caring for someone with dementia is extremely tough, and Thorpe St Andrew pensioner Maurice Bartle was among carers who told health secretary Jeremy Hunt more about the difficulties they face when he visited Norwich yesterday.
Kim Briscoe, Health correspondent Saturday, October 20, 2012
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Jeremy Hunt talking to dementia carer
The 72-year-old lives in South Hill Road with his wife Shirley, also 72, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s two years ago.
Mr Bartle, a retired maintenance electrician, said: “At the moment we are going through a difficult patch. The wife has got a bit of a rejection of drugs and of me sometimes.”
The pair visit Hammerton Court’s day centre one day a week and Mr Bartle said he valued being able to meet other carers.
The £13m unit, in Bowthorpe Road, has 36 bedrooms and also houses the Norfolk Dementia Care Academy – which aims to be a centre of excellence in training staff and carers to look after people with the illness.
He said: “I have found it ideal, but it’s not for long enough and I wish we could come for longer.
“I have found it very informative and it’s given me a lot of extra information I wasn’t aware of until I came here.”
