Wednesday 5 March 2014

Alzheimer's disease health centre

Dementia care improvements.
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The government has announced improvements in dementia care in England, including faster diagnosis and more research funding.
NHS England will invest £90 million with the aim of diagnosing two-thirds of people with dementia by March 2015.
Of the 800,000 people living with dementia, the Alzheimer's Society says less than half have the diagnosis they need to get support, information and potential treatments.
In some areas it currently takes up to 25 weeks to carry out diagnostic assessments for dementia, while other manage this in 6 weeks on average.