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Shaping Policy on the Dementia Care Crisis: Alzheimer’s Society Report in Advance of Government’s Green Paper (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Society)

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A report on inadequacies in the care system regarding dementia patients. The number of potentially unnecessary hospital admissions among dementia patients has risen by 73% across 65 hospital trusts, from 31,000 in 2012 to around 55,000 in 2017. Some … Continue reading →

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Experiences of the Challenges Faced by People Living With Dementia in the UK (Alzheimer’s Society / BBC News)

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The following report covers results from the latest Alzheimer’s Society’s survey of the views and experiences of 966 people with dementia, 500 unpaid carers and 2,356 adults aged 16-75 in the United Kingdom. The stark costs of the “dementia tax” are exposed. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Alzheimer's Society’s Fix Dementia Care Campaign, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Barker Commission, BBC Health News, BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire Programme, Care Costs: Cap and Means Test, Care Funding, Care Home Costs, Care Home Fees, Care Tax (So-Called Dementia Tax), Carers, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Caring and Family Finances, Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England (Barker Commission), Cost of Social Care for Older People, Council-Funded Services, Dementia Care: Dementia Tax (Estimated), Dementia Care: NHS Care, Dementia Care: Paid For By Councils, Dementia Care: Paid For By Individual, Dementia Programme Board, Dementia Statements, Dementia Tax, Dementia Tax (Alzheimer's Society), Dimensions of Inequity, Eligibility for Care, Fees for Accommodation, Financial Assessment, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Issues, Financial Planning, Fix Dementia Care Campaign, Health and Social Care Services, Home and Community Care Services, Home Care, Home Care Services, Home Care Shortfall, Inequity, Ipsos Mori, Ipsos MORI i-Omnibus Survey, Jeremy Hughes CBE: Chief Executive of the Alzheimer’s Society, Lived Experience, Means Test, Modelling the Costs of Dementia, National Dementia Declaration, Office for National Statistics, Paying for Care, Paying for Care and Support, Paying for Long-Term Care, Poverty, Self-Funders, Self-Funding, Social Care Crisis, State Funded Social Care, Sustainability, Turning Up the Volume (Alzheimer’s Society), United Against Dementia (Re-Branding of Alzheimer’s Society), United Against Dementia Campaign, Victoria Derbyshire Programme, Victoria Derbyshire Programme (BBC Two), Voices of People With Dementia | Leave a comment

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