Thinking Differently about Dementia Seminar

The owner of Stanfield Nursing attended another Seminar at the University of Worcester last week organised by Prof Dawn Brooker of the Association of Dementia Studies.

The seminar “Thinking Differently about Dementia” lead by Neil Mapes of Dementia Adventure, and Andy Bradley of Framework 4 Change was invigorating, thought provoking, but most of all it was permission giving.

Congratulations to the Association of Dementia Studies and a big thank you to both speakers.

Stanfield Nursing Home

Dementia cases flood A&E units

CARE services are “collapsing” as the number of dementia sufferers being taken to accident and emergency has soared by 64 per cent over the past five years, health critics claimed last night.

A Sunday Express inquiry shows 600 emergency admissions or readmissions are being made every day for people with dementia. The numbers have spiralled at an alarming rate with 219,064 admitted in 2011/12 compared with 133,373 in 2007/08.

George McNamara, head of policy at the Alzheimer’s Society, said: “This is very worrying. Demands on social ­services mean many local authorities are now only providing crisis or high-level support rather than proper care and prevention.

“This has led to a growing crisis in which emergency services are becoming default rather than a last resort. Financially this is unsustainable.”

Shadow Health ­Secretary Andy Burnham said: “Many ­vulnerable older people have seen home care taken away or are paying much higher charges for care.”

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