Dementia Spending to Double : Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:19 am  

More money is to be committed to research into Dementia, caring for those who suffer from it, and tackling the stigma surrounding the condition. Good move, I reckon. http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16196118

More money is to be committed to research into Dementia, caring for those who suffer from it, and tackling the stigma surrounding the condition. Good move, I reckon. http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16196118

Re: Dementia Spending to Double : Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:05 am  

First of all they need Doctors to start diagnosing dementia as a condition. My parents are unpaid carers for their 97 year old friend who has dementia. My mam goes twice a day and on the second visist he acts like he hasn't seen her for days, forgetting she has only been a few hours before. He is a massive Hull FC fan and can tell you who was on the board of directors in 1945 and who played at that time but couldn't even tell you yesterdays score. His GP has said (only last year) he is as bright as a button and passed him fit to drive his car and put his "forgetfullness" down to him being in his late 90's

Housing Benefit Cuts for the Scroungers. : Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:06 am  

ROBINSON wrote: Good move, I reckon. http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16196118 Yup, especially after the bribery news of yesterday....Get a good news story out first thing Monday morning. Political deflection.

ROBINSON wrote: Good move, I reckon. http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16196118 Yup, especially after the bribery news of yesterday....Get a good news story out first thing Monday morning. Political deflection.

Re: Dementia Spending to Double : Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:15 am  

ROBINSON wrote: More money is to be committed to research into Dementia, caring for those who suffer from it, and tackling the stigma surrounding the condition. Good move, I reckon. http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16196118 Shame it takes one of their own to be suffering to bring this to the headlines though.

ROBINSON wrote: More money is to be committed to research into Dementia, caring for those who suffer from it, and tackling the stigma surrounding the condition. Good move, I reckon. http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16196118 Shame it takes one of their own to be suffering to bring this to the headlines though.

Re: Dementia Spending to Double : Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:25 am  

Hull White Star wrote:

First of all they need Doctors to start diagnosing dementia as a condition. My parents are unpaid carers for their 97 year old friend who has dementia. My mam goes twice a day and on the second visist he acts like he hasn't seen her for days, forgetting she has only been a few hours before. He is a massive Hull FC fan and can tell you who was on the board of directors in 1945 and who played at that time but couldn't even tell you yesterdays score. His GP has said (only last year) he is as bright as a button and passed him fit to drive his car and put his "forgetfullness" down to him being in his late 90's

I get the impression this is part of it. Clearly there's a need to both recognise the condition by doctors and public alike. Too often dementia sufferers just get written off as cantankerous or awkward, or as you say 'just old age', when the reality is they can't help it.

Re: Dementia Spending to Double : Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:04 pm  

I think it was only a matter of time until whoever was in power decided to invest more into this. It's common knowledge that people are living longer and demands are increasing as more people are succumbing to Alzheimers and dementia due to longer life expectancy.
I'd like to see more money put into the ongoing care needs of this people and their families. It's all well and good doing the research, but money is needed now for this care to be provided properly.

Re: Dementia Spending to Double : Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:23 pm  

My mum died from this horrible illness 3 years ago.
She had it for 5 years. To see what it did to her and the family the more research that goes on the better.

I would not wish it on anyone. It really is a awful thing.

Re: Dementia Spending to Double : Mon Mar 26, 2012 3:48 pm  

Hull White Star wrote: First of all they need Doctors to start diagnosing dementia as a condition. Not as easy as you might think, and extremely difficult to determine what kind of dementia early. Alzheimers is generally only 100% confirmed by autopsy. Having said that there are tests on the way - watch this space over the next week or so... http://investor.bms.com/phoenix.zhtml?c ... highlight=

Hull White Star wrote: First of all they need Doctors to start diagnosing dementia as a condition. Not as easy as you might think, and extremely difficult to determine what kind of dementia early. Alzheimers is generally only 100% confirmed by autopsy. Having said that there are tests on the way - watch this space over the next week or so... http://investor.bms.com/phoenix.zhtml?c ... highlight=

Re: Dementia Spending to Double : Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:49 pm  

Fantastic news. Unfortunately this is going to hit more and more people as we learn to cope better with the other killers. This government isn't all bad. Credit where its due.

Re: Dementia Spending to Double : Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:12 pm  

DHM wrote: Not as easy as you might think, and extremely difficult to determine what kind of dementia early. Alzheimers is generally only 100% confirmed by autopsy. Having said that there are tests on the way - watch this space over the next week or so... http://investor.bms.com/phoenix.zhtml?c ... highlight= Correct, it is a GP who refers a client who is then assessed by a psychiatric team, a lot of clients have early memory loss and for some that is as far as it goes, however for others it progresses and after various clinical tests it is still very difficult to diagnose which dementia it is, the most common is vascular dementia, but even then it is often mixed. It is generally fully diagnosed by the behaviors displayed by the clients. The other problem is treatment the drugs only work for approx 60% of clients, there are 3 main drugs used in dementia and they only delay the inevitable. The other problem is families tend to cover symptoms, we visited a client the other week who was very advanced this is a common problem as the family fear the family member will automatically be put into care (which is avoided at all costs). Terrible illness and as far as I am concerned money should be made available to help the families and clients through this traumatic time.

DHM wrote: Not as easy as you might think, and extremely difficult to determine what kind of dementia early. Alzheimers is generally only 100% confirmed by autopsy. Having said that there are tests on the way - watch this space over the next week or so... http://investor.bms.com/phoenix.zhtml?c ... highlight= Correct, it is a GP who refers a client who is then assessed by a psychiatric team, a lot of clients have early memory loss and for some that is as far as it goes, however for others it progresses and after various clinical tests it is still very difficult to diagnose which dementia it is, the most common is vascular dementia, but even then it is often mixed. It is generally fully diagnosed by the behaviors displayed by the clients. The other problem is treatment the drugs only work for approx 60% of clients, there are 3 main drugs used in dementia and they only delay the inevitable. The other problem is families tend to cover symptoms, we visited a client the other week who was very advanced this is a common problem as the family fear the family member will automatically be put into care (which is avoided at all costs). Terrible illness and as far as I am concerned money should be made available to help the families and clients through this traumatic time.