New research from Lottie, a care home marketplace, has found a 57% increase in demand for ‘dementia care York’ over the last 12 months. With demand for dementia care on the rise across the city, Lottie’s new care home cost data has found that the average cost of dementia care in York in 2024 totals £925 per week. This Dementia Action Week 2024 (13th—19th May), Hannah Karim, Senior Care Expert Manager at Lottie, is raising awareness of how to communicate positively with a loved one living with...
New research from Lottie, a care home marketplace, has found a 200% surge in demand for ‘dementia care Sheffield’ over the last 12 months. With demand for dementia care on the rise across the city, Lottie’s new care home cost data has found that the average cost of dementia care in Sheffield in 2024 totals £1,097 per week. This Dementia Action Week 2024 (13th—19th May), Hannah Karim, Senior Care Expert Manager at Lottie, is raising awareness of how to communicate positively with a loved one...
New research from Lottie, a care home marketplace, has found a 200% surge in demand for ‘dementia support Edinburgh’ in the last 12 months. With demand for dementia care on the rise across the city, Lottie’s new care home cost data has found that the average cost of dementia care in Edinburgh in 2024 totals £1,098 per week. This Dementia Action Week 2024 (13th—19th May), Hannah Karim, Senior Care Expert Manager at Lottie, is raising awareness of how to communicate positively with a loved one...
Age concern in Fuengirola, Mijas & Benalmadena is focusing on raising awareness of Alzheimer’s and Dementia. The charity is turning their Los Boliches shop Purple and will be providing informational fact sheets on their social media pages and website. They will posting on topics including diagnosis, benefit support, support with daily living and much more. […]
Dozens of people were at the Lansing Center Tuesday to learn about dementia and how people diagnosed can be better supported.
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Update, 4:24 p.m. -- Judy Ann Johnston was found safe, according to the Athens Borough Police Department. ATHENS, Pa. (WETM) -- Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for an Athens woman with dementia who went missing on Monday night. According to the Athens Borough Police Department, Judy Ann Johnston walked away []
If you or a loved one have noticed changes in your memory or thinking as you’ve grown older, this could reflect typical changes that occur with ageing. In some cases though, it might suggest something more, such as the onset of dementia. The best thing to do if you have concerns is to make an appointment with your GP, who will probably run some tests. Assessment is important because if there is something more going on, early diagnosis can enable prompt access to the right interventions,...
Once, when I was in my preteens, my best friend and I wandered off at the local ice skating rink to browse the gift shop. We were gone for so long that my mother panicked and had our names called over the rink's loudspeaker. When she eventually found us, I think she was just as angry as she was relieved, and I’ve never forgotten the look on her face. Now, more than 20 years later, I watch my mother care for her own mother in stores, restaurants and the house with the same love and trepidation....
In Dementia Action Week, a Sunderland-based charity is looking for more people living with the condition to come along to enjoy activities, meals and mutual support. North East Dementia Care (NEDC) was founded in 2019 by Sandra Falkner who also chairs the charity. She cared for husband Billy, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in his 50s and who passed away in 2015 aged 67. The charity is based at the shopping centre at Portsmouth Road in Pennywell (near Asda). People attend between one and five days a...
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My dad has dementia and before he went into a care home I was his primary carer. It is tragic to watch this man being whittled away in both body and mind by the illness.