Fundraisers join fight against dementia at Peterborough Memory Walk Alzheimer's Society Memory Walk is Alzheimer's Society's flagship fundraising event which sees walks taking place around the UK throughout the autumn. It is a day to walk, share and celebrate someone special and everyone walks with one common goal: to defeat dementia. |
Month: September 2014
Alzheimer’s Society: cost of care is like a ‘dementia tax’ – ITV News
Alzheimer's Society: cost of care is like a 'dementia tax' ITV News The families of people living with dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are being left to pay the lion's share of care bills because the state won't support them. The Alzheimer's Society claims this costs families the equivalent of £21,000 a ... |
Scandal of ‘tax’ on dementia: Thousands forced to pay for care – Express.co.uk
Express.co.uk | Scandal of 'tax' on dementia: Thousands forced to pay for care Express.co.uk Yet victims of other chronic conditions like heart disease receive help free on the NHS. Two hard-hitting reports today warn that those with illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease face a “dementia tax” of about £21,000 a year – the value of unpaid care ... |
Call on Welsh Government for more support for people with dementia – Alzheimer’s Society
Call on Welsh Government for more support for people with dementia Alzheimer's Society Alzheimer's Society is calling on Welsh Government to produce a new dementia strategy as its report Dementia 2014: Opportunity for Change, published today (Wednesday 10 September), reveals that only one in five people with dementia in Wales (19 per ... |
Sleeping pills taken by millions linked to Alzheimer’s – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk | Sleeping pills taken by millions linked to Alzheimer's Telegraph.co.uk Dr James Pickett, head of research at Alzheimer's Society, said: “With 1.5million people in the UK being prescribed benzodiazepines at any one time, evidence that their long-term use increases the risk of dementia is significant, and raises questions ... Dementia patients hit with 'care tax', charity warns Popular Sedative Benzodiazepines 'Linked To Increased Risk Of Alzheimer's ... Benzodiazepine Drugs Linked To Dementia & Early Alzheimer's |
80% of Welsh dementia patients ‘lack government support’ – BBC News
BBC News | 80% of Welsh dementia patients 'lack government support' BBC News Only one in five people in Wales with Alzheimer's feel they get enough support from government, a report has found. The Alzheimer's Society is calling on the Welsh government to produce a new dementia strategy. It wants quicker diagnosis rates and more ... |
Alzheimer’s now costs the UK £26bn every year, major new research suggests – The Independent
The Independent | Alzheimer's now costs the UK £26bn every year, major new research suggests The Independent New research by Alzheimer's Society also shows that those affected by dementia is rising sharply and will reach 850,000 by next summer. The charity said dementia now inflicted a “staggering financial and human impact” on the nation, with two thirds of ... 80% of Welsh dementia patients 'lack government support' Report finds over 11k dementia sufferers in Lincolnshire Dementia patients 'face unfair care tax' |
Alzheimer’s Society calls on Welsh Government to provide more support for … – WalesOnline
WalesOnline | Alzheimer's Society calls on Welsh Government to provide more support for ... WalesOnline The Welsh Government has come under pressure from the Alzheimer's Society to produce a new dementia strategy, in the wake of a new report. The report, Dementia 2014: Opportunity for Change, published today, found only one in five people with dementia ... Alzheimer's Society calls for action as scale and cost of dementia soars Dementia care should be free on NHS, says Alzheimer's Society Alzheimer's now costs the UK £26bn every year, major new research suggests |
Anxiety and sleeping pills ‘linked to dementia’ – BBC News
BBC News | Anxiety and sleeping pills 'linked to dementia' BBC News Long-term use of pills for anxiety and sleep problems may be linked to Alzheimer's, research suggests. A study of older Canadian adults found that past benzodiazepine use for three months or more was linked to an increased risk (up to 51%) of dementia. Commonly prescribed drugs could raise risk for Alzheimer's Sleeping pills taken by millions linked to Alzheimer's Drugs used for anxiety, sleep are linked to Alzheimer's disease in older people |
Dementia care should be free on NHS, says Alzheimer’s Society – ITV News
ITV News | Dementia care should be free on NHS, says Alzheimer's Society ITV News Hundreds of thousands of people with dementia are having to pay for care because of holes in care, the Alzheimer's Society said. The charity said people are being forced to pay a "dementia tax" whereby they have paid tax all their working lives ... Alzheimer's now costs the UK £26bn every year, major new research suggests Alzheimer's Society calls for action as scale and cost of dementia soars Dementia sufferers do not get their care paid for on the NHS like other ... |