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Up to £15 billion has been spent by people funding their own private care who suffer with dementia it is claimed with some spending up to £100,000 a year!
Families have spent nearly £15 billion caring for relatives with dementia in the two years they have been waiting for ministers to reform social care, a report reveals today.
The Alzheimer’s Society last night branded the system a ‘tax on dementia’.
A Government green paper – which ministers promise will fix England’s broken care system – has been delayed six times since it was commissioned in March 2017. Meanwhile, the middle classes have borne the brunt of the cost of dementia support, with families denied the chance to hand their homes to their children.
The Alzheimer’s Society demanded an immediate cash boost to help families survive while ministers come up with a long-term solution to the crisis.
Despite spiralling costs the general public NHS and local authorities seem reluctant to adequately explore the option of live in care.
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Scottish researchers have received funding to explore what could be a new way of treating Alzheimer’s.
The team from the UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh University have received £160,000 from Alzheimer’s Research UK.
They want to use the funding to investigate nerve damage caused by Alzheimer’s, which causes the symptoms of dementia.
Over 70,000 Scots live with dementia. Alzheimer’s causes two thirds of cases.
What are they researching?
Their research will focus on microscopic connection points between nerve cells in the brain.
They are essential for thinking, learning and memory. Damage causes the symptoms of dementia.
The Edinburgh scientists have discovered that a protein in the connection points increases when people get the disease.
To read more on this story visit the BBC website.
Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has revealed that the government will be looking to try to keep people at home supported by home care services and increasingly the affordable option of Live in Care, rather than admit them to Nursing or residential homes as part of the ‘social care green paper’.
Matt Hancock told peers at the House of Lords Economic Affairs committee on Tuesday: “I think there’s a big opportunity to make social care better for the individual being cared for and better value for money by a shift from residential to domiciliary care.
Referring to other countries who have already made a ‘big shift’ he said: “A Norwegian minister told me that they had moved from essentially 80 per cent residential to 80 per cent domiciliary care.
Home care ‘cheaper’ and ‘better clinically’
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched its first ever guidelines on how people can help avoid getting dementia. It looked at the evidence of what works and what doesn’t for lowering risk. Things to avoid include smoking and drinking too much alcohol.While eating a healthy diet is beneficial, popping vitamin pills makes no difference to dementia risk, it advises.
There is no good evidence that brain training works but some studies suggest it may be worthwhile, says the WHO.
Dementia affects around 50 million people around the world and is becoming more common.While there is no treatment that can cure it, there are things people can do to lower their risk of the disease or slow its onset. Old age is the strongest risk factor, but it is not a natural or inevitable consequence of ageing.Genetics also play a role, but many risk factors are modifiable.
Experts have previously suggested lifestyle changes could prevent around a third of dementia cases.
To read more on this story visit the BBC website.
