Dementia and Covid study
Dementia and Covid study There will be no doubt, many more studies done regarding coronavirus over the coming years and decades. Some are happening now, I will discuss the results of one [...]
Dementia and Covid study There will be no doubt, many more studies done regarding coronavirus over the coming years and decades. Some are happening now, I will discuss the results of one [...]
Care Home visiting People who live in care homes are often there for months or years, not just a few days. So social isolation from their family can have a huge impact [...]
Professional carers vs Family carers I have seen situations when people are cared for by both family carers or separately by professional carers or what is more common is a combination. [...]
My first crisis call during corona. I have now had that first phone call, where someone has telephoned me to say that they don’t know what to do, but something has [...]
Issues that arise in assessment meetings I recently attended an assessment for NHS Continuing Care Funding, the person being assessed was an elderly person who had severe dementia and other healthcare [...]
Being a carer - the crucial times to pay attention! I have been asked for advice recently by a number of different clients and there are some key points in [...]
Respite care I act for some people as their attorney or deputy, either where they don’t have family that can do it or they are not local. And a [...]
Personal budgets and direct payments & personal health budgets. Firstly what is a personal budget? It is a sum of money that is awarded by the Local Authority for that person [...]
Caring for someone with a dementia There are lots of different kinds of dementia and they have slightly different presentations, but the key points about all dementias is that they [...]
Acting as a Health and Welfare Attorney The first thing to understand about acting as a H&W attorney is that the attorney can only make decisions that the donor lacks capacity [...]