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Age UK Care in Crisis Petition

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Care is in crisis. Many of those who need help and support are being badly let down by a faltering  system, while others find themselves having to sell their homes in order to pay for support they need.  The Government has promised a White Paper on care reform in the Spring.  This is a crucial moment to influence the future direction of social care – possibly for a generation.

Age UK is asking you to take part in its e-petition and add your voice to the growing number calling for serious reform of services.

Your views and experiences are welcome!

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

The All-Party Parlimentary Group on dementia wants to hear from carers, families, people affected by dementia and the professionals who support them.  The new inquiry for 2012 will focus on how to increase the rates of diagnosis across the UK.  Your experiences and ideas are needed, if you want there to be reform your chance is here!

This link will take you to a page of the Alzheimer’s Society website where you can complete the online questionnaire.  Please take the time to visit and leave your views.

Charity Balloon Release in the Park – how far will your balloon fly?

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Click for a larger version Balloon Release Leaflet

 To provide our Warwickshire-based Dementia Information Service for Carers – we need to raise funds.  We have been supporting families affected by dementia for almost three years and we want to continue doing this.  With your help we can.

 Would you be able to sell some tickets for our balloon release through your organisation, family, friends, colleagues or neighbours and of course, you must buy a ticket for yourself – a £1 ticket could win you a fabulous 32” Sony Bravia TV.  Join us on the day too with a picnic and your family. 

We really need your support to make this event a success and a fun day out for all.

 If you have any questions just give the office in Rugby a ring – 01788 577825.   Or call into 44 Regent Street, Rugby to buy your balloon ticket.  If you can’t make it to Rugby you can pay by calling 01993 849409.

 

Capping of Social Care Costs

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

Last year economist Andrew Dilnot was asked by the government to investigate and report how the social care system could be changed to make accessing services fairer.  Many people have all of their life-time accrued assets swallowed up by the cost of their care needs.  It has been suggested that a system to cap these costs could be brought in therefore protecting people from losing everything.  These costs can particularly affect people with dementia who may need long term care.

Read the Alzheimer’s Society comment on this topic.

Read Age UK’s comment on this topic.

BBC News Health Correspondent Nick Triggle’s report.

Dementia Awareness Week 3 – 9 July 2011

Friday, July 1st, 2011

Dementia Awareness week is upon us again.  This annual event helps us to focus on dementia, the people and the families whose lives are affected by it.  This year we are being asked to Remember the Person encouraging us to befriend someone with dementia, see them as a person and not fear their condition.  What’s happening locally?

The Alzheimer’s Society has a photographic competition to celebrate and Remember the Person.

National Dementia web is hitting the spot!

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

On Tuesday July 20th last year national Dementia web  received its first visitors, 58 on the first day – popular from day one!  Since this day our visitor numbers have risen quite considerably – from January 1st to May 31st this year we had 18,027  new visitors to add to all those people who joined us last year.  The most viewed pages on the site were

  • who pays for dementia care? 
  • causes of dementia
  • memory clinics
  • support for carers and families

We’re sure that the site will go from strength to strength and continue to provide support to families and professionals alike.

Garden Memories in Berkshire

Friday, January 21st, 2011

Thrive is a small national charity that uses gardening to change lives. It champions the benefits of gardening, carries out research and offers training and practical solutions so that anyone with a disability can take part in, benefit from and enjoy gardening. Berkshire West PCT is operating a project which aims to keep carers and people with dementia gardening at home.  Taster sessions are being offered to promote the project.

 If you’d like to be involved contact Vicki Parker-Scott on 0118 9884844 or email [email protected]

http://www.thrive.org.uk/

Free Hints and Tips for Carers Factsheets

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Guideposts Care Research Centre exists to identify and promote best practices in the care of those who live with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. The aim is to ensure that people are able to be cared for and live with dignity throughout their illness whether at home or in care.

Guideposts Hints and Tips Factsheets have been produced from our four year research study into best practice funded by the Department of Health.

There are 10 Factsheets:

  1. Understanding Dementia

  2. Person Centred Care

  3. Communication

  4. Life History

  5. Helping a Person with Personal Care

  6. Keeping Active and Occupied

  7. Helping a Person to Eat and Drink

  8. Behaviours that Challenge

  9. Care at Home and Care Homes

  10. Carer Support

The Factsheets can be downloaded from the Dementia Web site or ordered by telephone 0845 120 4048

Hundreds of carers across the UK have already found Guideposts Factsheets an invaluable source of information and practical advice.

Meeting the Needs of Carers

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Over many years Guideposts has heard from thousands of carers across the UK that finding accurate and up to date local information can be really difficult. As a result thousands struggle on alone without the help and support that could make such a difference.

As a result Guideposts Dementia Information Service for Carers, DISC, was launched in 2006. A specialist website, Dementiaweb was first set in Oxfordshire and has become a huge success attracting tens of thousands of visitors. It is now the most used site in the county for carers, families and professionals to find what local services exist.

As a result of this success the Kent and Medway Partnership Trust commissioned Guideposts to establish Dementiaweb in the county.

Dementiaweb is a unique local resource, designed with feedback from carers about their needs for help and information.

Guideposts is now embarked upon a major expansion of its DISC service and the development of Dementiaweb. The aim is to develop sites in every county throughout England and Wales.

A new national site has now been launched, www.dementiaweb.org.uk and the first new look county site in Warwickshire www.dementiawebwarwickshire.org.uk has gone live.

DementiaWeb.org.uk : funded and managed by Guideposts