Dementia victims 'written off by families'
Posted: 04 Dec 2015, 11:31Relatives and care staff found to be too pessimistic about activities sufferers can manage which could worse the condition
- Alzheimer's disease sufferers worse when their families give up on them
- Families and care home staff believe sufferers cannot do leisure activities
- Researchers found dementia sufferers benefited from regular stimulation
- Patients suffer greater agitation when the illness progresses
Elderly people with dementia are too readily written off by relatives and carers, research suggests.
A study of care home residents found staff and families were overly-pessimistic about the types of activities that relations and patients were capable off.
Re: Dementia victims 'written off by families'
Posted: 04 Dec 2015, 13:09So sad
Re: Dementia victims 'written off by families'
Posted: 20 Dec 2015, 15:54Fiona Macrae is a journalist but does she have experience of caring for a person with dementia? It seems to me that she has written an article but does she have any useful suggestions - maybe my hurried reading of the article means I have missed something important.
I have cared for hubby for many years - he was already housebound due to physical ailments before Vascular Dementia invaded our lives. As Carer I have been and still am on a steep learning curve.
I have cared for hubby for many years - he was already housebound due to physical ailments before Vascular Dementia invaded our lives. As Carer I have been and still am on a steep learning curve.