Why GPs need to be more carer aware
New research by the Carers Trust suggests that 60% have never accessed any outside support. A similar figure – 58% – say their mental health has been affected by their caring role, while 27% say both their physical and mental health has suffered. Other common problems include having to give up work, financial hardship and isolation. Click [...]
Read MoreMaking Mental Notes Radio Broadcast 29 April 2012
Making Mental Notes is delighted to announce that our next programme about carers for people with dementia and other mental health illnesses, will be broadcast on Sunday 29 April 2012 from 12pm-1pm, on Cambridge 105 (Cambridge Community Radio Station) The programme will feature an interview with Dr Susan Welsh, Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director for [...]
Read MoreIntegrated care cuts hospital admissions by a fifth Read more: Integrated care cuts hospital admissions by a fifth – FierceHealthcare http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/integrated-care-cuts-hospital-admissions-fifth/2012-03-26#ixzz1qPxwlY6U Subscribe: http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/signup?sourceform=Viral-Tynt-FierceHealthcare-FierceHealthcare
Integrated care can cut hospital admissions for elderly patients by at least one-fifth, according to a new report from RAND Europe, Ernst & Young, University of Cambridge and the Nuffield Trust. Click here for full article With thanks to Fierce Healthcare online
Read MoreDavid Cameron promises dementia funding boost
Funding for dementia research is to reach £66m by 2015, from £26.6m 2010, making UK a world leader in the field. Click here for full article. With thanks to Guardian online.
Read MoreAlzheimer’s tests should be offered to over-60s, says top psychiatrist
Everybody over the age of 60 should be offered screening for potential Alzheimer’s disease at their GP surgery, a leading psychiatrist said at the launch of a major initiative on mental health worldwide. Click here to read full article. With thanks to the Guardian
Read MoreThinking Globally to Improve Mental Health
Mental health experts are calling for a greater world focus on improving access to care and treatment for mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders, as well as increasing discoveries in research that will enable this goal to be met. Click here for full article. With thanks to the National Institute of Mental Health
Read MoreInitiative helps dementia carers train in empathy
A new training initiative is helping dementia carers empathise with those they look after. Goggles that distort vision, gloves that reduce the sense of touch, and loud white noise – just three things which create a sense of frustration, confusion and loss of control. By evoking the feelings of what it might be like to have dementia, [...]
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