More than 1,400 NHS dementia patients well enough to go home at Christmas will be stranded in hospital, warns charity

More than 1,400 NHS dementia patients well enough to go home at Christmas will be stranded in hospital, warns charity

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/dementia-patients-nhs-hospital-return-home-christmas-charity-support-cuts-care-family-mental-health-a8105881.html By: May Bulman Social Affairs Correspondent Lack of social care funding ‘turning wards into waiting rooms’ as figures shows dementia patients are delayed up to 10 times longer than hospital patients without the condition More than 1,400 people with dementia who are well enough to go home will be stranded in hospital on Christmas Day, a charity…

‘Alarming’ rise in Alzheimer’s Disease deaths in Scotland

‘Alarming’ rise in Alzheimer’s Disease deaths in Scotland

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41256219 Deaths from Alzheimer’s Disease in Scotland rose by more than a third in a year, according to official figures. National Records of Scotland (NRS) said 1,506 people died from all forms of dementia in the second quarter of 2017. Alzheimer’s deaths rose 33.4% compared with the same period a year…

Adding lithium to tap water could prevent thousands of dementia cases, new study suggests

Adding lithium to tap water could prevent thousands of dementia cases, new study suggests

ByMatthew Betteridge

Thousands of cases of dementia could be prevented by increasing levels of lithium in tap water, a major new study has suggested. Scientists at the University of Copenhagen compared dementia rates to the natural quantities of lithium in water for more than 800,000 people in Denmark, from areas occupied by nearly half of the population. They found that in places…

Dementia nurses provide a lifeline for carers that is all too rare

Dementia nurses provide a lifeline for carers that is all too rare

ByMatthew Betteridge

Although specialist Admiral nurses can prevent hospital admissions and save money, there are only 200 in the UK and many counties have none at all Kate and Jon Henderson have devoted the past decade to looking after their 67-year-old mother, Sally, who has dementia. At first the siblings, who, until this February shared their bungalow…