The Triangle of Care initiative for dementia, developed as a partnership between the Carers Trust, theRoyal College of Nursing and people with dementia and their carers, sets out a framework for meaningful engagement between professionals and those with first-hand experience of the condition. For more information, read The Guardian article on the Triangle of Care […]
This information was first published in Dementia Today in Feb 2013. These are many ways that Alzheimer’s and LBD differ, including these five key differences: Alzheimer’s disease causes changes in the brain called plaques and tangles. LBD features the presence of Lewy bodies, which are misfolded alpha-synuclein proteins. In early Alzheimer’s, memory loss is prominent, […]
Source: Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) in the US The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) announced on 21 August 2013 the launch of new resources for physicians and their patients. LBDA has created two new symptom checklists for dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB): an abbreviated checklist to assist in the reporting of DLB diagnostic symptoms […]
PayingForCare is a not-for-profit organisation that helps people and their families access expert information on all matters relating to care. They have care experts on the phone to answer your questions and queries, a whole range of information available online anytime of the day, and can also put you in touch with a specialist care […]
Academics and healthcare professionals as well as people with a diagnosis of dementia and family carers have teamed up to devise a new training programme called “Getting to Know Me” for general hospital staff. Originally developed in the Manchester area, to increase staff knowledge, confidence and skills in the delivery of care to people with […]
An article by Pat Snyder Pat has written an interesting account of one woman’s experience of using the drug melatonin to overcome her husband’s acute sleeplessness. For an edited version of the article please click here. Melatonin is available on the web or by prescription from your doctor who should be consulted before use. Pat […]
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have asked the Lewy Body Society for input from ‘experts by experience’ to ensure new information on the web to support the Dementia Quality Standard is relevant and helpful to dementia carers. NICE aims to explain how carers can use the Dementia Quality Standard to ensure […]
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has produced several videos about caring for people with dementia at home and in care homes.
The National Liverpool Museums have created ‘The House of Memories’. Our CEO Jacqui Cannon recently met with a member of the project team and thought the project was a great contribution to the understanding of dementia and an important new resource for the people of the North West.
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) have launched a new section on working in partnership with carers on their Dementia Gateway. Recognising that the carer is very often the person who knows and understands the person with dementia best, this new section gives practical tips and advice to health and social care staff to support […]
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