UK dementia diagnoses rise 40% in five years
Kerry Hillier, 41, of Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, said her family had spent"in the region of £100,000" over 10 years to top up direct NHS payments to cover her mother's care costs, and that"did not include food and accommodation". She was diagnosed with dementia in 2009."We wanted to care for her at home and felt that she would be less agitated if she didn't go to a care home.
In Ayrshire and Arran in Scotland, the number of people diagnosed with dementia increased by a third, according to Scottish government estimates Prof Sube Banerjee, from Plymouth University's Faculty of Health, said there had been a target by NHS England to increase diagnoses. "Care at the moment is very hit or miss. We rely heavily on families to care for their loved ones themselves," she said., Macmillan nurses and bereavement support, but far less likely in dementia."Ewan Russell, from the Alzheimer's Society, said:"Often the support simply is not there and when it is there, it is often poor quality.
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