We came across this piece in the Science Section of the Telegraph and couldn’t agree more! Older people do not decline mentally with age, it just takes them longer to recall facts because they have more information in their brains, scientists believe. Much like a computer struggles as the hard drive gets full up, so to do humans take longer to access information, […]
By Michelle Mc Donagh of The Irish Times. The first national audit of the quality of dementia care in Ireland’s acute hospitals has identified major gaps in the level of patient care. The audit of 35 acute hospitals, carried out in 2013, revealed serious shortfalls in the training of staff in dementia care. None of the hospitals had mandatory dementia awareness education or training for […]
Written by Steph Booth, married to Tony Booth (taken from The Irish Times). Married to Alzheimer’s In the past few years European governments have harangued their citizens over the need for austerity and a consequent willingness to accept damaging cuts to social and welfare budgets. We are told by government that anyone out of work is a drain on the national economy and, as such, […]
OLDER PEOPLE STRUGGLING to deal with the isolation caused by the emigration of both their children and grandchildren sought comfort from an Irish run helpline in 2012. The ‘Senior Helpline‘, which is operated by the national voluntary organisation Third Age Ireland, received in the region of 15,000 calls in 2012. Up over 50 per cent on the previous year, their head of communications, Anne Dempsey, […]
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