dementia care

Caring for 83-year-old father with dementia has pushed me to the brink

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Caring for 83-year-old father with dementia has pushed me to the brink

Anna Richardson is angry. “I’m actually raging,” says the normally sunny anchor of TV shows as diverse as Supersize vs Superskinny, The Big Breakfast and, most infamously, Naked Attraction. And no wonder. For the last six years, the 54-year-old and her Staffordshire-based family have been pushed to breaking point, caring for her increasingly fragile 83-year-old … Read more

Dementia diagnoses hit record numbers as NHS battles to boost detection rates

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Dementia diagnoses hit record numbers as NHS battles to boost detection rates

Dementia diagnosis rates have improved since the pandemic. (Image: Getty) More people than ever before are living with a diagnosis of dementia in England as the NHS battles to boost detection rates. A record 487,432 people were known to be living with dementia as of June – but hundreds of thousands more have it. With … Read more