A program, already in a number of states, which much like the heralded Amber Alert initiative will send out an alert on missing senior citizen. In a call to the rise in dementia cases and with this number continuing to rise into the next generation, caregivers have petitioned hard for a way of […]
According to a survey reported today in the Scotsman, a Scottish Newspaper, rates of dementia are on the rise. A study concluded that 47% of the Scottish population knows someone with or someone who has been touched by dementia.
A report on Scotland’s Stv shows the impact of dementia on both caregivers and the patients themselves. […]
photo credit: steveb_ohioA independent research group established in 1991 called the Nuffield Council on Bioethics is conducting a 12 week consultation on the dilemmas facing the caregivers dementia patients. Cases of dementia are expected to double within the next 40 years. (Although some indicators see the reported cases of dementia in the United States […]
