Live in care at Home – Elderly home care blog

As we get older it is a well known fact that our memories may not be as efficient as they once were so here are a few memory tips to help.
For some this may only be small things such as appointments but in other cases it can be worse, such as forgetting the faces of [...]

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Journalist John Suchet talks about his wife’s Alzheimer’s and his frustrations with the decease.

Alzheimer’s is a form of Dementia and in the UK alone there are over 700,000 dementia sufferers! It has been shown that exercise can hold back the advance of Alzheimer’s, US researchers have established.

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Dementia currently affects over 700,000 people within the UK alone. 5 % of people over the age of 65 suffer from dementia and increases to 20% of people over the age of 80.
The preconception is that dementia only affects the elderly but research shows this not to be the case. According to the Alzheimer’s Society [...]

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Campaigners say dementia patients and their carers are being unfairly charged for care.
One woman, who helps care for her husband at home, talks about her fight for help.
Freddie was 64 when he was diagnosed with dementia
Freddie Smith was just 64 when he was diagnosed with a form of dementia brought on by a [...]

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