Training for Carers

Are you caring for someone with dementia?

Liverpool City Council have commissioned PSS to deliver the Supporting the Dementia Journey training for carers who reside in the Liverpool area and are caring for a person with dementia. This training is free of charge to informal carers (this could be a family member, friend or neighbour). The course aims to help participants achieve a greater understanding of dementia and look at how we can continue to support people with dementia and their carers.

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Too little of one type of cholesterol has been linked by research to memory loss and Alzheimer's disease. UK and French scientists studied 3,673 civil servants, revealing low levels of "good" cholesterol were associated with poor memory. Doctors might be able to uncover high-risk patients using blood tests, they said in a US heart journal.

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A year ago, 88-year-old Jean Lavender used to find walking any distance a struggle. Now she is keen to get outside for a walk most days. And she puts the transformation down to the most simple of medicines - water. She is one of a group of residents at a care home in Suffolk who have been encouraged to increase their intake of water. And they have all reported dramatic results. Jean says she feels 20 years younger. "I feel more alert - more cheerful too. I'm not a miserable person, but it's added a sort of zest."

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Dementia could be slowed significantly by treatments which reset the body's natural clock, researchers have said.

The Dutch team used brighter daytime lighting - with or without the drug melatonin - to improve patients' sleep, mood and cut aggressive behaviour. It concludes that these can slow deterioration by 5% - which a UK specialist said meant patients living in their own homes for months longer. The study appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Family doctors and care home staff will get extra training to help them detect the early signs of dementia as part of a Government strategy to tackle diseases like Alzheimer's. Official forecasts show that within 20 years, more than one million people will have dementia.

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