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Welcome to PSS’s Dementia Café.

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The Dementia Cafe is a place for people with dementia, their carers and professionals to talk, share information, get advice and generally offer support to each other. Take a look to find out more dementia related information, advice and support.

WEB CHAT

The web chat is an online cafe, it's a place for anybody talk to other people online from all over the world. If you would like to talk to one of our hosts, there will be someone available online Tuesday evenings from 7 pm to 9 pm GMT.

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TRAINING - Supporting the Dementia Journey
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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Erica on Tue 15 April 2008 - 09:33 | Read/Post Comment: 0
'Good' cholesterol dementia risk
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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Erica on Tue 01 July 2008 - 09:49 | Read/Post Comment: 0
How care home keeps elderly healthy

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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Erica on Wed 25 June 2008 - 10:23 | Read/Post Comment: 0
Light therapy 'can slow dementia'
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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Erica on Mon 16 June 2008 - 11:17 | Read/Post Comment: 0
GPs to get extra training to detect dementia
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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Erica on Mon 16 June 2008 - 11:16 | Read/Post Comment: 0
News Archive
Talking 'helps dementia patients' Erica @ (03 Jun 08 : 11:52) (Dementia Cafe News)
Alzheimer's Society launch Worried About Your Memory? campaign Erica @ (30 May 08 : 10:29) (Dementia Cafe News)
Quicker dementia diagnosis call Erica @ (29 May 08 : 10:36) (Dementia Cafe News)
Call for debate on dementia care Erica @ (14 May 08 : 12:38) (Dementia Cafe News)
A New Approach to Treating Alzheimer's Erica @ (14 May 08 : 09:49) (Dementia Cafe News)
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