Dementia

19:05, 21 NOV 2020

Troops risk early dementia and psychiatric problems if they suffer heat stroke

EXCLUSIVE: A report in the British Medical Journal Military Health found that heat illness was a 'serious problem' for the forces

Dr Miriam Stoppard: Why footballers are heading down the road to dementia

Miriam Stoppard

Football players, especially professional ones, are usually fit and healthy. They live long lives and have only a low risk of heart disease – but heading the ball is a different matter

Smart meter data could be used to identify dementia and depression sufferers

Increased energy use in late evenings, or at night, could indicate 'sundowning' syndrome, which is often a sign of progression from early stages of Alzheimer's to more serious deterioration

Geoff Hurst offers to donate brain for dementia research in tragic year for 1966 heroes

EXCLUSIVE: England's hat-trick hero from the 1966 World Cup final wants to make a difference after seeing teammates Nobby Stiles and Jack Charlton lose their battles with dementia

Voice of the Mirror: Sir Geoff Hurst is selfless for leaving brain to science

England World Cup hero Sir Geoff Hurst is leaving his brain to science after two of his 1966 team mates - Jack Charlton and Nobby Stiles - died this year with dementia

Great-grandma, 78, faces care home eviction 'because daughter made unauthorised visit'

Elizabeth Bow, who suffers from dementia, was visited at Aspen Hill Village care home in Leeds by her daughter Denise Hobbs who claims her mum is the victim of a 'revenge eviction'

Hope for Christmas together as government makes rapid testing care home promise

Matt Hancock has said that he hopes to have rapid testing up and running in all care homes by Christmas, giving rise to hope that hundreds of thousands of Brits will not be facing the big day alone

All care homes should be able to have visitors by Christmas, Matt Hancock says

The Health Secretary said rapid coronavirus tests for visitors - currently being trialled in Devon and Cornwall - should allow rollout across England within weeks

England legend Peter Bonetti's dementia caused by daring dives, says brother

EXCLUSIVE: The Chelsea legend Peter Bonetti, nicknamed The Cat, was knocked unconscious many times during his career and died earlier this year aged 78 from dementia

Andy Townsend opens up on Jack Charlton and dementia after late father's own battle

The former Republic of Ireland captain says the upcoming documentary about his former manager Charlton "brought a tear to my eye" as he recalled his memories from the 1994 World Cup

Relatives of care home residents to get regular coronavirus tests so they can visit

The new pilot will launch on Monday, initially taking place in 20 care homes across Hampshire, Devon and Cornwall, with the scheme being rolled out to other regions before Christmas, according to the Department of Health and Social Care

Care home worker sacked after woman, 62, chokes on hotdog sausage and dies

The carer failed to chop up the hot dog sausage for stroke victim Patsy Taneborne whose care package required her food to be bite-sized at the Gloucestershire care home

England boss Gareth Southgate opens up about dementia fears after 18-year playing career

Gareth Southgate

Footballers are three-and-a-half times more likely to die from the disease than the general public and several former England legends have suffered from it in the past

Devoted wife surprises husband by moving into his care home so they can be together

Kenneth Meredith's dementia was worsening so he went into the home five weeks ago, but was dearly missed by his wife of 71 years

'Conditions in care homes are barbaric - prisoners have more rights than my OAP mum'

EXCLUSIVE: Desperate families are demanding the government do more for the thousands of people spending lockdown in care homes - separated from their loved ones and with a dramatic change in their health

Daughter gets job at dad's care home so she can keep seeing him during lockdown

Furloughed worker Nina Ambrose picked up a job at the care home in Chelmsford, Essex, to be close to her dad Roger, 77

Ken Spears dead: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! co-creator dies aged 82

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! cartoons co-creator Ken Spears died on Friday from complications related to Lewy body dementia

Woman banned from visiting mum on death bed after giving her 'unauthorised' hug

Distraught Lorna Hammond, a full-time carer from Coventry, was not able to visit her mum Penny Simson at the care home she died in today due to coronavirus restrictions

Woman who hasn't hugged elderly mum in 9 months dreads Christmas lockdown visit ban

Nursing homes Jules Walton has not hugged her mother, Ann, since February 20 when her care home went into lockdown, and fears neither she nor Ann’s husband Brian, 82, will get to see her over festive period. And they're not the only ones.

Daughter arrested after taking mum, 97, from care home would 'risk jail' to hug her

Ylenia Angeli, 73, said she was 'terrified' she would never see dementia-suffering mum Tina Thornborough again due to the fresh lockdown

Dad, 75, couldn't recognise daughters after six month lockdown in care home

Peter O'Neill once looked forward to visits from his daughters - but no longer seems to know that Olivia, 25, and Holly, 18, are his children.

Mum, 85, breaks down in tears at care home after being told she can't hug daughter

Doreen Morris breaks out a big smile after she spots 51-year-old Tracy Gothard at the window of her nursing home in Bradford, but she starts crying when she learned her daughter couldn't go inside

Ex-Corrie star fearing 'what will happen' to gran, 97, in care home after mum's arrest

Coronation Street

Former Coronation Street star Leandra Ashton appeared with mum Ylenia Angeli, 73, on Good Morning Britain today and expressed her concerns for her dementia-stricken grandmother

Ex-Corrie star's mum in emotional plea after arrest for taking gran, 97, out of care home

Care homes Ylenia Angeli, whose daughter Leandra Ashton portrayed Saskia Larson on Coronation Street, had not seen her dementia-hit mum for nine months due to Covid-19. She was arrested before being de-arrested and released

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