Reporting in the Nursing Times, Jo Stephenson, reveals a worrying gap in levels of dementia-friendly provision between the best and worst rated hospitals in the country. Healthcare professionals’ own assessments of how dementia-friendly their settings are reveal “alarming” variations across England, experts say. The PLACE (Patient-Led Assessment of the Care Environment) scores focus on the(…)
Professor Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, takes a positive look at the future for dementia care, arguing that fear and lack of knowledge are preventing people from understanding how much can be done to help those living with Alzheimer’s disease or one of the other forms of dementia. Professor Alistair Burns(…)
Back in January we first lent our support to John’s Campaign by sharing the moving, yet determined article, written by Nicci Gerrard and published in The Observer, in which she explained her motivation for setting up the campaign which aims to give carers the right to stay with dementia patients in hospital, in much the same(…)
With residential care homes under greater scrutiny than ever before, we’re all used to the idea of providing feedback to help providers assess the quality of their services. But often this is a long-winded process showing few immediate results.But now one care home provider has invested in technology to speed up the process so that(…)
“The Doctor’s Dementia” was broadcast on Radio 4 this Wednesday and it made compelling listening. Don’t worry if you missed it, it’s still available on BBC iPlayer – click the link here for The Doctor’s Dementia and you’ll still be able to listen in full.Reviewing the show for The Guardian, Hannah Verdier explains why listening will(…)
Alzheimer’s Society has launched a new service that aims to tackle the isolation that too often results from a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or one of the other forms of dementia. Side by Side is a new service that links a volunteer to someone living with dementia to help them get out and about and continue(…)
Only 1 in 10 adults over the age of 65 get enough physical activity. But now recent research in Finland has added weight to the growing body of evidence that suggests that exercising into your 70s and beyond can drastically reduce the risk of falls that result in broken bones and other serious injuries.For women(…)
A diagnosis of dementia inevitably raises questions about your future care needs, and how these can best be met. The legal systems that must be negotiated can feel like a real obstacle course, so the need for clear, straightforward information is obvious, yet not always easy to find.Having provided advice to many families trying to(…)
As the new government settles in, George McNamara, Head of Policy at the Alzheimer’s Society, laments the fact that in the run up to the election neither Labour nor Conservatives were prepared to make significant social care funding commitments. Yet with an estimated 850,000 people already living with dementia – and numbers expected to double(…)
