Team 1 are here now and working and Team 2 will be arriving at the Octavia Waight Centre in Belize . 
The trip, which has been a year in the planning, will ensure that staff and residents of the Nursing home in San Ignacio will benefit from the help, support and additional training the Eastbourne team will be able to provide.
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Mary Cottrell, Everycare UK’s Managing Director, is to travel to Belize to join the team from the company’s Eastbourne office who will be at the Octavia Waight Centre in San Ignacio providing help and support to the elderly in the nursing home and also in the community.
Mary said ‘I am delighted to be able to support the fantastic efforts of the entire Eastbourne team in this fabulous endeavour. I know how much time and effort the team there have put in to fund raising and planning this whole amazing trip and I know that the help and support they deliver will make a real difference to the elderly in the home and to the wider community in San Ignacio’
A team of 13 will be travelling from the Eastbourne office to Belize in Central America for the whole of March to provide support and training to the staff and residents of the Octavia Waight Centre.
To keep up to date on the Everycare Eastbourne trip to Belize which will see 11 staff and 2 Managers travelling to work in a nursing home for two weeks – visit our Facebook page. 
A report produced by a range of organisations including the Association of Palliative Medicine and Marie Curie Cancer Care say there is a lack of specialist end-of-life care in England, causing acute suffering.
The care report states that individuals dying from complex conditions like cancer, dementia and heart and liver failure often need support from a range of professionals – but are unfortunately not receiving it.
Specialist end-of-life care requires teams of professionals, including doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists and care workers to work together. As a group these professionals are able to manage pain and discomfort ensuring that a patient receives care and support during these difficult times.
The report also suggested support can also reduce costs to the NHS by keeping people out of hospital.
If you would like to find out more information on how Everycare can assist with palliative care in the home please call us today.
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During a parliamentary debate on dementia care, Norman Lamb MP, Minister for Care Services, showed support for a new dementia strategy for England.
The National Dementia Strategy, which was published in 2009, expires in April this year, and Alec Shelbrooke used the debate to call for “a new national dementia strategy, with guidance for commissioners of health and social care, GPs, hospital trusts, care homes, and others.”
The debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday was tabled by Conservative MP Alec Shelbrooke and highlighted the urgent need to address how the UK will cope with an ageing population and increasing dementia rates.
Shelbrooke stated that the Office for National Statistics had provided the following information about the ageing population
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