Carers who repeatedly miss appointments with dementia sufferers have been claiming their patients did not remember them visiting, MPs have heard. Labour’s Rosena Allin-Khan, a former A&E doctor, added family
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An Alzheimer’s disease sufferer’s last year alive was living hell due to inadequate training for care staff, his daughter has said. Linda Jackson, 63, said she struggled to get good
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Dementia patients are receiving “harrowing” examples of poor care in their own homes, with many being left in dirty clothes for days, going without food or water and forced to
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Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport Vaughan Gething AM is today launching a new training resource that will help provide better, more consistent care and support for people with
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Stephen Fry has lent his voice to a campaign that explores a Christmas without Santa, who has “forgotten” the festive season due to the effects of dementia. The campaign, called
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Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease has become the leading cause of death in England and Wales for the first time, new figures show. An ageing population and better diagnosis of the
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Ten-minute slots for GP appointments could be hampering the number of patients diagnosed with dementia, experts have said. Researchers said that clinicians have difficulty properly assessing patients with memory problems
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Emmerdale fans will get an insight into dementia in a special episode set to air later this year, shown from the point of view of long-running character Ashley Thomas. The
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A new listening programme to find out more about the experiences of people with dementia and their carers starts in England. The Department of Health’s (DH) listening programme will include
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Patients with dementia are being prevented from receiving personalised care because of a “deep-seated misunderstanding” about how they can tailor their own care, a charity has said. The Alzheimer’s Society
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