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Lothian's dementia timebomb is ready to explode
(The Scotsman 18/11/2009)
GROWING evidence of the dementia timebomb facing Edinburgh emerged today as it was revealed an average of one in five patients being treated at the city's main hospital now suffers from the disease. Charities and experts are warning that the number of patients who present themselves with everyday ailments but are also suffering from conditions such as Alzheimer's disease will rise "exponentially" as the population ages.
Dementia drugs 'useless for most'
(BBC 12/11/2009)
Needless use of anti-psychotic drugs is widespread in dementia care and contributes to the death of many patients, an official review suggests. About 180,000 patients a year are given the drugs in care homes, hospitals and their own homes to manage aggression. But the expert review - commissioned by ministers - said the treatment was unnecessary in nearly 150,000 cases and was linked to 1,800 deaths.
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Dementia drugs 'useless for most'
(BBC 12/11/2009)
Needless use of anti-psychotic drugs is widespread in dementia care and contributes to the death of many patients, an official review suggests. About 180,000 patients a year are given the drugs in care homes, hospitals and their own homes to manage aggression. But the expert review - commissioned by ministers - said the treatment was unnecessary in nearly 150,000 cases and was linked to 1,800 deaths.
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Searching Google 'can help delay dementia'
(Telegraph 18/10/2009)
"Searching online may be a simple form of brain exercise that might be employed to enhance cognition in older adults," said Teena Moody, a researcher at UCLA who coauthored the report with Professor Small. As part of the study, 24 people between the ages of 55 and 78 were asked to carry out a series of online searches while having the flow of blood around their brains monitored by a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner.
Families Need to Know When Dementia Becomes Terminal
(World health - EU Monitor 15/10/2009)
The misconception by family members that end-stage dementia is not a terminal condition can have negative consequences for the patient, the researchers say. That's because concerned loved ones often order aggressive, sometimes burdensome interventions such as feeding tubes that will not improve patient outcomes. "Dementia is a leading cause of death in the U.S., and yet surprisingly little is known about how these patients die," noted the study's lead author, Dr. Susan Mitchell.
I'll donate my brain to dementia research when I die, pledges Blunkett
(The Scotsman 13/10/2009)
FORMER Home Secretary David Blunkett has pledged to donate his brain to dementia research. He was announcing his support for a new £2 million scheme calling on people to donate their brains for research when they die. Scientists from Brains for Dementia warned that a severe shortage of brain donations is leading to major delays in the search for a cure or treatments for dementia. Mr Blunkett said yesterday: "I've pledged my brain tissue for research as I know how vital it is to defeat dementia.
Dementia support
(BBC 01/10/2009)
Gerald Hale, who was a fireman for 35 years, is joining in the sing-song. He attends the group along with his wife of 62 years, Pat. He is now 84, smartly dressed and was diagnosed with dementia about a year ago. Mr Hale told me: "The main thing is not knowing or remembering anything. Your life is very limited. "I dread to think about the future." The illness is further along for the family of Gunvor Lasocki...
Expert dementia support 'crucial'
(BBC 01/10/2009)
Expert social support which could take much pain out of dealing with dementia should be more accessible to patients and their carers, a report says. The Nuffield Council on Bioethics said such help often was unavailable until a crisis point was reached. But access to holistic expert services in the earliest stages of the disease could make a real difference, it said. Patients should not be written off, but involved in decisions about their care as much as possible, the report said.
Dementia victims to double every 20 years
(The Scotsman 21/09/2009)
A CHARITY today called for £15 million to be given annually to a fund to help dementia sufferers as experts predicted the number of victims will almost double every 20 years. Alzheimer Scotland is urging for the amount each year for the next five years to transform dementia services. The body wants a "radical overhaul" as it forecast the number of people with the condition in Scotland could rise by 60,000 in a generation.
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