dementia : 2 Commons debates
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Health and Social Care: Access to Social Care (8 May 2018)
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2018-05-08a.519.3&s=dementia#g520.4
Barbara Keeley: The Alzheimer’s Society estimates that at least 10,000
people with *dementia* have been stuck in hospital in the last year
despite being ready to leave, and many of the delays were caused by a
lack of care in the community for them. There can be no more
disorientating thing for a person with *dementia* than being stuck in
hospital when they do not need to be there. So with *dementia*...
Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (8 May 2018)
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2018-05-08a.544.5&s=dementia#g547.3
Caroline Dinenage: ...throughout the country, have the training that
they need in order to recognise and support the needs of people with
learning disabilities. That is something that we have done very
successfully with *dementia*: we record the number of staff in the
country who have received tier 1 and tier 2 training, and we are looking
into how we can extend that to address the issues of people with
learning...
dementia : 2 Written Answers
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Written Answers - Department of Health and Social Care: Alzheimer's Disease (8 May 2018)
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2018-04-27.138987.h&s=dementia#g138987.r0
Caroline Dinenage: ...850,000 people in the United Kingdom have the
condition. Drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease are
classified under section 4.11 of the British National Formulary (BNF),
Drugs for *Dementia*. These drugs are Donepezil, Galantamine,
Rivastigmine and Memantine. NHS Prescription Services, who provide data
on dispensing of National Health Service prescriptions, add the...
Written Answers - Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Commonwealth: Older People (8 May 2018)
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2018-04-27.HL7366.h&s=dementia#gHL7366.r0
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: ...the recent Heads of Government Meeting, the
Foreign Secretary welcomed the first ever Commonwealth Elders' Forum,
convened by Common Age. This event included discussions on human rights,
women and *dementia*, and elderly care. During the UK's period as
Commonwealth Chair-in-Office we will work closely with fellow member
states, the Commonwealth Secretariat and accredited organisations to..
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Health and Social Care: Access to Social Care (8 May 2018)
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2018-05-08a.519.3&s=dementia#g520.4
Barbara Keeley: The Alzheimer’s Society estimates that at least 10,000
people with *dementia* have been stuck in hospital in the last year
despite being ready to leave, and many of the delays were caused by a
lack of care in the community for them. There can be no more
disorientating thing for a person with *dementia* than being stuck in
hospital when they do not need to be there. So with *dementia*...
Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (8 May 2018)
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2018-05-08a.544.5&s=dementia#g547.3
Caroline Dinenage: ...throughout the country, have the training that
they need in order to recognise and support the needs of people with
learning disabilities. That is something that we have done very
successfully with *dementia*: we record the number of staff in the
country who have received tier 1 and tier 2 training, and we are looking
into how we can extend that to address the issues of people with
learning...
dementia : 2 Written Answers
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Written Answers - Department of Health and Social Care: Alzheimer's Disease (8 May 2018)
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2018-04-27.138987.h&s=dementia#g138987.r0
Caroline Dinenage: ...850,000 people in the United Kingdom have the
condition. Drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease are
classified under section 4.11 of the British National Formulary (BNF),
Drugs for *Dementia*. These drugs are Donepezil, Galantamine,
Rivastigmine and Memantine. NHS Prescription Services, who provide data
on dispensing of National Health Service prescriptions, add the...
Written Answers - Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Commonwealth: Older People (8 May 2018)
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2018-04-27.HL7366.h&s=dementia#gHL7366.r0
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: ...the recent Heads of Government Meeting, the
Foreign Secretary welcomed the first ever Commonwealth Elders' Forum,
convened by Common Age. This event included discussions on human rights,
women and *dementia*, and elderly care. During the UK's period as
Commonwealth Chair-in-Office we will work closely with fellow member
states, the Commonwealth Secretariat and accredited organisations to..
