Birmingham Mail - Tag - dementia

Dementia causes concern for 61 per cent of people in the West Midlands

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

DEMENTIA is a source of concern for almost two thirds of people living in the West Midlands, a poll has revealed.

Birmingham and Solihull massive £539 million savings plan for NHS revealed

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:59:00 GMT

NHS savings of £539 million are to be made across Birmingham and Solihull over five years, health bosses have revealed.

BBC's Mary Rhodes steps out in Memory Walk

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMT

BBC presenter Mary Rhodes is joining a Birmingham walk to raise awareness of dementia.

Families battle for younger dementia sufferers

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMT

An estimated 750,000 people in the UK suffer from dementia, 62 per cent of whom have Alzheimer’s disease. Some 16,000 of them are under the age of 65. It is often said that the relatives of the victims suffer more emotionally than those struck down by it. Diane Parkes meets the families of two victims, ahead of a special fund-raising event in Birmingham.

Walkers wanted for Alzheimer's Society Memory Walk

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMT

WALKERS are being asked to pull on their boots and join an event to raise money for a national dementia charity.

Retired Birmingham worker left battered and bruised in attacks on NHS dementia ward, says family

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:01:00 GMT

A GREAT-GRANDAD was left battered and bruised on an NHS dementia ward after repeated attacks by other patients, a family have claimed.

Nearly 60 per cent of dementia sufferers going undetected in Birmingham, stark figures show.

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:58:00 GMT

NEARLY 60 per cent of the 10,000 people living in Birmingham with dementia have not been diagnosed, stark figures revealed.

Tributes flood in for dementia patient killed by train after escaping from Birmingham care home

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:00:00 GMT

TRIBUTES have flooded in for a dementia patient and former Blues footballer who was struck dead by a train after wandering out of a city care home.

Proposals for a £30m care home in Wolverhampton have passed their first planning hurdles

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:00:00 GMT

THIS is how a £30 million new home for people suffering with dementia in the Black Country could look.

West Midlands dementia fears

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 18 May 2010 06:00:00 GMT

THE majority of people in the West Midlands would rather have cancer than dementia, a survey has found.