Summary
Initial members of the World Dementia Council have been announced, with indications of more members to follow. The council is led by the Dr Dennis Gillings: the World Dementia Envoy.
The World Dementia Council has the aim of promoting innovation, development and commercialisation of life-enhancing drugs, treatments and approaches to care for people with dementia (or at risk of dementia).
Reference
Members of World Dementia Council announced. London: Department of Health / Dementia Challenge, May 1st 2014.
See also:
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About the World Dementia Envoy. London: Department of Health / Dementia Challenge, April 2014.
Possibly also of interest:
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World Dementia Council meets for the first time. London: Department of Health / Dementia Challenge, May 1st 2014.
More detailed World Dementia Council personnel profiles are available here:
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About the World Dementia Council. London: Department of Health / Dementia Challenge, April 2014.
It would help if when a person reaches the mid to late stage where cognition has gone and the person cannot inform anyone they are in pain, that the patient is in the appropriate care setting. In nursing homes where the staff and nurses are fully trained in dementia care this reduces the times they are admitted to A& E. All to often these poor people are placed in residential care where there are no nursing staff and they then have to go to hospital when perhaps this would not be necessary. Also in dementia nursing homes the staff are trained to a higher standard, and are there because they want to be involved with dementia care, unlike residential for social care.
All too often the needs of people with alzheimers and other forms of dementia are downgraded so they end up in the wrong care setting.