Blogs Beth Britton says she was particularly alarmed by one statistic in the World Alzheimer Report 2022: “Up to 85% of people living with dementia may not receive post-diagnosis care”. As the global scope of this annual report from Alzheimer’s Disease International implies, 85% is the figure for the whole planet and it has to…...
Blogs, resources and book review, Sept/Oct 2022. Journal of Dementia Care 30(5) 39-40. “Should I enter the shark-infested waters of wokeism?” asks George Rook in a recent post. Of course, the answer is “yes” and he writes thoughtfully on the subject. He says he subscribes to the hidden, unconscious prejudice school of thought, in which…...
Christine Proudfoot, a dementia nurse consultant, writes interestingly about pain recognition and management on the Alzheimer Scotland blog Let’s Talk about Dementia. “Pain is under-recognised, under-estimated and under-treated as patients cannot successfully communicate pain,” she writes. “Therefore the evidence suggests that people with advanced dementia continue to experience pain and inadequate care even with clear…...
London housing and care provider Octavia and St Christopher’s Hospice are launching a resource to help care teams promote a better quality of life for people towards the end of their lives. The Better Lives, Better Endings resource is aimed at care teams working in extra care housing and includes a range of tools to…...