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| Call for a new strategy to deal with UK's dementia timebomb | | Author(s) | Mithran Samuel |
| Journal title | Community Care, no 1662, 1 March 2007 |
| Pages | pp 16-17 |
| Source | http://www.communitycare.co.uk |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Services ; Health services ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | The UK is ageing rapidly, which is heralding a large increase in the number of people with dementia. The study, "Dementia UK" commissioned by the Alzheimer's Society, argues that we are ill-equipped to face the resulting care challenge. The current health and social care system is generally failing to support people with dementia and their families. In addition, the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF) has not given dementia sufficient weight in the mental health standard. There is pessimism regarding the outcome of the forthcoming comprehensive spending review (CSR) in provision of adequate health and social care for older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070413229 A |
| Classmark | EA: I: L: TM2 |
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