A hospital has set up a number of 1950′s style rooms in a bid to help dementia sufferers remember lost memories. The portable rooms which are approximately 5m by 3m feature retro style wallpaper, furniture, and even newspapers containing authentic fifties headlines. In addition, patients are also played familiar songs from years gone by and read more »

We have always known that prevention is better than a cure, so now a team of dementia experts have set out to do just that – spot the signs of the disease and treat them before the symptoms begin to set in. As the sixth leading cause of death in the UK and with an read more »

The Alzheimer’s Society are calling for dementia checks on the NHS when individuals reach 75. According to the Alzheimer’s Society there are 750,000 people in the UK suffering with dementia with many cases going undiagnosed and many individuals not receiving the care they need. In order to combat this growing number and provide better care read more »

Care services minister Paul Burstow has recently announced the launch of a new government campaign which hopes to increase awareness of the early symptoms and signs of dementia. According to research and statistics, almost 400,000 individuals in England may not be receiving the proper help they need because they have not yet been officially diagnosed. read more »

A national study of over 200 hospitals has revealed poor standards of treatment in the care of people with dementia. Findings included: Just one in five hospitals make sure nurses are told if their patients have been diagnosed with conditions such as Alzheimer’s. Less than half (in an audit of 8,000) of patients living with read more »

During the Christmas and New Year period you may have spotted some big differences in the behaviour of some older relatives that perhaps you don’t see very often. What we need to ask ourselves is whether these differences are a simple case of old age, or if they are something more serious? Dr Ellie Cannon read more »

As it stands, dementia is estimated to cost the UK £20bn a year, a figure which is likely to increase to around £27bn by 2018. A recent inquiry conducted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia has taken a look into how funds could be spent more effectively in order to try and keep the read more »

An audit conducted by the Royal College of Psychiatrists looking into the standards of Dementia care in hospitals across England and Wales, has found that a huge number of patients are not receiving the nutritional and mental health support they should be. According to the report, only one fifth of hospitals had implemented a system read more »

According to the Alzheimer’s Society there are more than twice the amount dementia sufferers in the UK than official NHS figures suggest. As it stands many cases go undiagnosed simply because sufferers are reluctant to seek medical help. The most recent NHS statistics show that 249,463 people in England have been diagnosed with dementia by read more »

According to the King’s Fund, many individuals with Alzheimer’s and dementia in England are having their NHS funded care taken away from them whilst in the later stages of their illness. Figures from the Alzheimer’s Research Trust state that there are currently around 820,000 people suffering from dementia in the UK, a number which is read more »