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Test for dementia?

04/01/2019Alzheimers disease, dementia stages, Dementia Test, Doctors Surgery, Early Diagnosis, GP Dementia Tests, Health Complaints, memory loss, Mental Health, Pshycological Health, Womens HealthAlzheimer's Disease, brain, Brain decay, Dementia Test, depression, Gp's, old age, suicideadmin

What decision would YOU make, if a test for dementia was offered to you by your GP? In the New year 2019 it was announced on the news that a test for dementia would be available for individuals in their forties. I would have suggested slightly earlier personally for research purposes only. Bearing in mind […]

Looking after the ones you love

23/12/2017ageing population, Alzheimers disease, Care Homes, Care planning, Court of protection, memory loss, Men's health, Mental Health, Reg..., Womens HealthAlzheimer's Disease, assetts, care planning, lasting powers of Attorney, mental capacity, trustsadmin

How would you feel if after all those years of hard work and building a life for yourself the court took control of your finances because you lost mental capacity in an unforeseen accident, or, was diagnosed with late onset Alzheimer’s disease and found out you did not have the right documents in place? Planning for your […]

You Don’t Need to Fix the Past to Have a New Future

11/12/2017ageing population, Alzheimer's disease in Essex, Alzheimers disease, dementia stages, Dementia Training, Health Complaints, Patient CareAlzheimer's, loss, personal mental health, self care. exercise, well beingadmin

When you lose someone, who has been affected by Alzheimer’s, coming to terms with the loss and moving on is a huge challenge to say the least. When you have been caring for a person 24/7 it is not until they are no longer present do you realise just how much this whole experience has consumed […]

Did you know about this service in the community?

28/11/2017Advocates for Alzheimer's Disease, ageing population, Alzheimer's disease in Essex, Care Co-ordination Teams, Doctors Surgery, Essex Carers, Essex Partnership University, G P's, Health Complaints, infection control, Marie Curie dementia nurses, Mind & Brain, N H S Services, NHS Foundation Trust, Staing independent at home, Staying independent at homeageing, ASSISTING LIVING AT HOME, Care Co-ordination Team, Community services, elderly generations at home, Gp's, independent living, lonlinessadmin

The Care Co-ordination team What do they do and how can they be use to you when looking after a loved one who is elderly and showing signs of forgetfulness when you are trying to hold down a job and deal with the rest of your family? I am not sure how much of this is […]

Blister Packs- “It’s free” at Morrisons

25/11/2017ageing population, Alzheimer's disease in Essex, Alzheimers disease, Carers, Doctors Surgery, Early Diagnosis, Family intervention, G P's, infection control, Patient Care, Private Locaums, Respite Care, Sitters serviceblister packs, community service, dementia, G P's, local pharmacy service, medication control, Morrison's supermarketadmin

We all love a bargain and something for free. Its one thing I can see the value in when you are looking after someone with forgetfulness. With a loved one’s medications changing over the course of time it can be quite distressing to have remember when prescribed medication has to be taken. When you are the […]

Dementia- It’s not black and white

16/09/2016ageing population, Alzheimers disease, Losing Mental Capacity, memory loss, Nursing profession, Research & Science, Retirement, Sitters service, Uncategorizedcare system, coping strategies, dementia, emotional well being, mental deterioration, mental health, self care, stressadmin

Dementia- It’s not black and white is it? When you look after someone who is poorly and you care for them the result was” they recovered” right we interpret that experience as a job well done? When you look after someone who has any form of dementia the reality is that they don’t get better, […]

3 strategies for caring for a person with Alzheimer’s- Part 1

25/03/2016Alzheimers disease, Carersaffected by Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's care giver, alzheimers supportadmin

3 useful strategies for caring for a person with Alzheimer’s- Part 1 1. For those of you who are post 2nd world war babies, then you are from an era of just getting on with it all and not familiar with asking for help. That’s fine I understand that I am old fashioned too. So […]

Dementia Training Day Coming soon

09/03/2016ageing population, Alzheimers disease, Care Homes, Carers, dementia stages, Dementia Training, Family intervention, Hospitals, memory loss, Nursing profession, one to one or family consultations on dementia, plagues, Reg..., Respite CareDementia training, dmentia training, event, jane-cooperadmin

Are you in feeling in conflict about caring for someone with Alzheimer’s and maintaining your career?

05/03/2016UncategorizedAlzheimer's Disease, Care in conflict, career management and Alzheimer's, dynamic relationships in conflict, people perception, relationshipsadmin

Being in conflict about caring for someone with Alzheimer’s and maintaining your career is a tough because it depends on so many factors such as: the dynamics relationship history your perception On a day of truth, think carefully about the following: If, you could look through their eyes what would they wish you to do […]

Coping with balancing a career and caring for someone with Alzheimer’s

10/02/2016Carers, dementia stagesbalancing, career, caringadmin

Coping with balancing a career and caring for someone with Alzheimer’s is challenging to say the least. Read 3 tips here from my own personal experience as a daughter and as a business owner. 1. As a CEO of your own company your business will only evolve if you learn to delegate and give other […]