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Tag: Dementia
Engage: Responding to the Dementia Challenge: Policy into practice
Over the last couple of years, the country’s focus on improving the standard of dementia care has intensified. Partly, I believe, as a response to David Cameron’s Dementia Challenge pledge,
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Report: Risks of financial abuse of people with dementia
Purpose – Financial abuse of people with dementia is of rising concern to family carers, the voluntary sector and professionals. Little is known about preventative and early response practice among
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CPS refuse to prosecute carer filmed assaulting dementia patient
A carer who assaulted an elderly woman with dementia was not prosecuted because it was “not in the public interest”, a former coalition minister has claimed. Richard Benyon MP said
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MPs and peers call for national dementia strategy
The APPG (all party parliamentary group) for dementia has stated that there is a requirement for a national dementia strategy to offer a better standard of support once a sufferer
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Cardiff scientists to head up £16m dementia programme
Two million UK volunteers are to take part in the world’s biggest research project, being led by Welsh scientists, investigating Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Their health and
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New report on standards of dementia care ‘very disappointing’
Levels of care being given to dementia sufferers in specialist NHS units have been criticised in a new report by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland. The report found that
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Over 50% ignore symptoms of early stage dementia
More than half of people affected by dementia have said they waited six months or more after first noticing symptoms of the condition before seeking professional help, according to a
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Celebrities team up for dementia friends campaign
Chris Martin, Lily Allen and Amanda Holden are teaming up with stars from the worlds of sport, comedy and television to highlight the plight of dementia sufferers. The celebrities have
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90 face redundancy as Care UK closes dementia home
A Poole care home which looks after up to 50 people with dementia, is due to shut after a change in the contract between Borough of Poole and Care UK,
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