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Overnight dementia ‘camp’ allows caregivers rest

NEW YORK (AP) Just after 10 p.m., when most people their age are going to sleep, a group of elderly folks suffering from dementia are just getting started, dancing and shaking tambourines and maracas in a raucous version of "La Bamba."

"It's a party," says an 81-year-old woman, among dozens of patients brought to a Bronx nursing home every night for a structured series of singalongs, crafts and therapy sessions that lasts until dawn.

The program, which appears to be rare, is kind of a "night camp" for dementia victims who don't sleep at night or tend to wake up agitated or become frightened or disoriented by the fall of darkness.

It's meant to provide care and activity lots of activity to fill the wee hours for people with Alzheimer's and similar diseases who live at home. And it's meant to provide their caregivers usually a son or daughter with a treasured night's sleep.

"Without this program, my father would be lost, and I would be crazy," said Robert Garcia, whose 82-year-old father, Felix, is in the program at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale called ElderServe at Night. "He doesn't sleep. At night he's wide awake, and he needs activity."

Garcia, who lives in a Bronx apartment with his wife and three of their children, said that before his father went into the program he would wake up in the night, loudly, and keep everyone else from sleeping.

"We would all wake up, and my daughter would ask, 'Why is Grandpa screaming? Why is he so grumpy?'" Garcia said.

"Now he comes home in the morning, shows me his drawings, tells me what they did all night."

While many nursing homes offer temporary "respite care" so caregivers can catch up on sleep or go on vacation, the overnight-only program at the Hebrew Home fills a niche.

But costs are high, and such programs are rare. An official at the Alzheimer's Association said she knew of no other.

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Dementia ‘night camp’ gives caregivers a rest

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Victor Rivera dances with a dementia patient Sept. 20 at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale in the Bronx borough of New York. The Hebrew Home has a program that provides care and activity overnight for dementia victims with sleep problems.

By JIM FITZGERALD, AP

NEW YORKJust after 10 p.m., when most people their age are going to sleep, a group of elderly folks suffering from dementia are just getting started, dancing and shaking tambourines and maracas in a raucous version of "La Bamba."

"It's a party," says an 81-year-old woman, among dozens of patients brought to a Bronx nursing home every night for a structured series of singalongs, crafts and therapy sessions that lasts until dawn.

The program, which appears to be rare, is kind of a "night camp" for dementia victims who don't sleep at night or tend to wake up agitated or become frightened or disoriented by the fall of darkness.

It's meant to provide care and activity lots of activity to fill the wee hours for people with Alzheimer's and similar diseases who live at home. And it's meant to provide their caregivers usually a son or daughter with a treasured night's sleep.

"Without this program, my father would be lost, and I would be crazy," said Robert Garcia, whose 82-year-old father, Felix, is in the program at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale called ElderServe at Night. "He doesn't sleep. At night he's wide awake, and he needs activity."

Garcia, who lives in a Bronx apartment with his wife and three of their children, said that before his father went into the program he would wake up in the night, loudly, and keep everyone else from sleeping.

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Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) Is Making October “A Month to Remember”

Newswise ATLANTA (October 1, 2012) The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) announces today is the first day of nationwide October Lewy body dementia awareness month, A Month To Remember. LBDA invited volunteers to join the awareness movement by Standing Strong with LBDA to build awareness for Lewy body dementia in their communities all month long. The LBD Awareness Movement is a national, grass roots effort to increase LBD awareness in the general public and medical profession. Participants in the movement are getting involved with LBDA in several ways to make Lewy body dementia (LBD) become a household word, from distributing materials in their community and to local physicians offices, to organizing outreach or community fundraising events.

Lewy body dementia (LBD) affects an estimated 1.3 million individuals and their families in the United States. It is currently widely underdiagnosed because LBD symptoms can closely resemble other more commonly known diseases like Alzheimers and Parkinsons. Many doctors or other medical professionals still are not familiar with LBD. Early diagnosis allows for important early treatment that may extend quality of life.

Given the growing population of older Americans, at some point in your life LBD will likely affect someone you know, said Angela Herron, President of LBDAs Board of Directors. The general public, and far too many primary care doctors and nurses, have never heard of LBD. In addition to trying to manage a very difficult disease, LBD families find themselves in the unanticipated role of educator and advocate.

These are just a few of the outstanding efforts around the country: Karen F. of Allentown, PA has 8 outreach events and media activities in October Rachael V. and Samantha L. are organizing the 1st Annual LBD Walk for Awareness in Abilene, TX on Oct. 20! Karen M. organized the Giddy-Up for Gary 5K in Omaha, NE on Oct. 12! Sue Ellen J. is doing an outreach event, delivering posters and materials to physicians and getting the word out and the PSAs to her local media in Austin, TX!

Check out LBDAs online calendar for all of the events for October Awareness Month!

LBDA is also encouraging Awareness Movement participants throughout the country to engage with each other locally by joining a Hub of Hope in their community. LBDA Hubs of Hope provide opportunities to connect LBD families and friends in local areas to build a network of resources for caregivers and people with LBD, as well as engage them in social and educational programs about LBD. To join LBDAs awareness movement, A Month To Remember, and for more information please visit http://www.lbda.org/go/awareness.

The Lewy Body Dementia Association The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the Lewy body dementias (LBD), supporting patients, their families and caregivers, and promoting scientific advances. Through outreach, education and research, LBDA supports those affected by Lewy body dementias. To learn more about LBD and LBDA please visit http://www.lbda.org.

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Remembering dementia’s toll in Warranwood

FOR Christmas in 2005, Diana Fayle's mother Jan Riley drove herself to Warranwood to celebrate with her family.

"But by 2006, she didn't even know what the telephone was or how to use it,'' Ms Fayle said.

Mrs Riley, 69, had dementia - and the illness progressed quickly.

"Mum first started showing signs of memory loss in 2004, but by 2006 we knew there was something wrong,'' she said.

A piano teacher for more than 40 years, Mrs Riley's students began calling Ms Fayle about strange things that were happening during lessons.

The family first put in programs such as home help to keep Mrs Riley at home, but it was soon apparent she needed more care.

"She got to the point where she didn't know the difference between day and night,'' Ms Fayle said.

With a new baby herself, Ms Fayle said it was difficult finding the right home for her mother.

"We wanted to do what was right and best for her, and that meant making difficult decisions,'' she said.

"Finding the right nursing home was paramount.''

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Drug ‘raises elderly dementia risk’

A POPULAR anti-anxiety drug has been linked with an increased risk of dementia in pensioners, according to new research.

Patients over the age of 65 who start taking benzodiazepines, also known as benzos, have a 50 per cent increased chance of developing dementia within 15 years compared with people who had never used the drug, according to the study.

Researchers from the University of Bordeaux, France, warned that "indiscriminate widespread use" of the drugs, which are also used to treat insomnia, should be cautioned against.

The drug is widely used in many countries. In France 30 per cent of people over the age of 65 take benzodiazepines. Many administer the drug for long periods despite guidelines suggesting it should only be used for a few weeks.

The research, which is published on bmj.com, examined 1063 people with an average age of 78 over two decades. They had never taken the drug before and were all free from dementia.

They found that 95 patients started taking benzodiazepine during the study.

After a 15-year follow-up, 253 people developed dementia. Of these, 30 had begun to take the drugs between three and five years into the study.

The chance of dementia occurring in those who had taken the drugs was 4.8 per 100 "person years" - a statistical measure representing one person at risk of development of a disease during a period of one year.

Of those who had not taken the drugs the likelihood was measured to be 3.2 per 100 person years, the researchers found.

"In this large, prospective, population based study of elderly people who were free of dementia and did not use benzodiazepines until at least the third year of follow-up, new use of benzodiazepines was associated with a significant, approximately 50% increase in the risk of dementia," the authors wrote.

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Dementia rate ‘to triple by 2050’

The number of Australians suffering from dementia is expected to triple to almost one million by 2050, a new report says. Source: Supplied

THE number of people suffering from dementia is expected to triple to 900,000 by 2050, a new report suggests.

It is estimated around 300,000 Australians currently have dementia and it's thought 400,000 people will be suffering from the disease by 2020.

But by 2050 the number of sufferers will be close to one million.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) director David Kalisch and Alzheimer's Australia president Ita Buttrose will launch a new report into dementia in Canberra today.

"An average of 25 people died each day from dementia in 2010," Mr Kalisch said in a statement.

"(Also) as any person with relatives or friends who have dementia knows it has a marked impact on quality of life not only for those with the condition but their families and friends as well."

The AIHW report Dementia in Australia reveals the disease was the third leading cause of death in 2010 accounting for six per cent of all deaths. Twice as many women as men die from dementia.

The disease was recorded as the underlying or an additional cause of 14 per cent of deaths in 2010.

The report also shows that of the 300,000 existing sufferers, 62 per cent are women.

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‘Conspiracy of silence’ over dementia in the doctor’s surgery

She said: These responses provide an intriguing insight into the reality of the UKs poor levels of diagnosis for Alzheimers Disease.

"The findings suggest an unwillingness to engage on both sides of the consulting room table, leading to a conspiracy of silence around this devastating disease.

"While companies like Lilly search for new medicines to help treat Alzheimers, we must all work together to reduce the stigma that is holding early and accurate diagnosis back.

Almost three-quarters of the doctors surveyed cited the lack of a definitive dementia test as a reason for their reluctance to raise the matter with patients. Telling early dementia from normal ageing can be difficult.

In the past GPs have sometimes refrainedgiving patients the bad news - even those with clear signs - because little could be done for them.

However, now drugs are available on the NHS that can slow the advance of Alzheimers, the most common form of dementia. The earlier they are given, the better.

Dementia is thought to affect around 800,000 people in Britain, but only four in 10 have received a formal diagnosis, according to The Alzheimers Society.

The survey results were released ahead of World Alzheimers Day, which is tomorrow (Friday).

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Dementia care ‘needs overhaul’

Sep 18 2012

Care services for people with dementia need a radical overhaul, Alzheimer Scotland has said.

Many of Scotland's estimated 84,000 sufferers do not receive the co-ordinated health and social support that is vital to help them live in the community, the charity said.

Carers, partners and families of sufferers are also lacking essential support as a result of the current "fragmented" care system.

Alzheimer Scotland wants to see a co-ordinator appointed to oversee the treatment and care of dementia patients. This may include access to psychological services and regular reviews of patients' wellbeing.

It is one of a number of recommendations outlined in its new report, Delivering Integrated Dementia Care: The Eight Pillars Model of Community Support. The charity hopes the document will act as a blueprint for local authorities and NHS boards.

Dementia includes a range of brain diseases of which Alzheimer's is the most common. It predominantly affects older people.

An ageing population means that, based on current estimates, the number of people with dementia will double within the next 25 years.

Henry Simmons, chief executive of Alzheimer Scotland, said: "We wish to work alongside the Scottish Government, NHS Boards, local authorities and other bodies to ensure they use the Eight Pillars as a portal to deliver equal access to the best possible treatments and support for every person with dementia.

"Only through doing this can we be sure that we are using resources to the best possible effect to enable people to live in their own homes, in their own communities and with their families for as long as they choose.

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Scottish News: Many ‘in the dark’ about dementia

Aug 24 2012

People in Scotland are "in the dark" when it comes to caring for those with dementia, according to a private healthcare firm.

A poll by Ipsos MORI for Bupa Care Homes suggests that 29% of people in Scotland do not know the best way to support someone with dementia and that 31% do not know what to expect as the symptoms get worse.

Around 800,000 people across the UK have dementia and this is expected to rise to at least one million by 2021, according to Bupa.

Family members are usually the first to identify symptoms of the condition and often try to care for their loved ones for as long as possible.

Bupa said many people struggle to find basic information and guidance to help them.

In response, Bupa has launched a series of films offering advice to people who find themselves caring for someone with dementia. Bupa Care Homes, which provides specialist dementia care, has teamed up with choreographer Arlene Phillips to make the films for the company's Understand Dementia campaign.

Ms Phillips, whose father had dementia, said: "I know from my own experience how frightening it can be when someone you loved lived with dementia. I wanted to make these films to help others.

"Had I known what I do now, my relationship with my father needn't have been so fraught and difficult."

Professor Graham Stokes, Bupa Care Homes's director of dementia care, said: "When families bring a loved one to our care homes, they often tell us how they struggled for many years caring for them, sometimes on their own with little support.

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Dementia patient’s family: “We needed justice”

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A veteran dementia patient was found lying in the woods, nearly dead. Five years later, his family says they finally have justice.

"We needed justice for my grandfather and people needed to be held accountable for their actions," said Dederick's granddaughter Lauren Carey, who searched tirelessly for five days to find her missing grandfather.

Then 88-year-old Loren Dederick, who passed away last year, went missing in 2007 after a medical transport mix-up.

A jury found TLC Non-Emergency Medical Transport at fault ordered the company to pay Dederick's family $700,000 for his injuries and mental anguish.

"He laid there for five days with no food or water and no way out," said Dederick's. "He was dirty, ant bites all over, dehydrated and just really scared."

"He was getting close to the time where he probably couldn't sustain himself any longer," said Dederick's daughter Donna Ward.

The World War II veteran was taken to NCH North Naples hospital for chest pain on September 21, 2007.

When he was released, NCH accidentally gave a TLC transport driver Dederick's old address, the HarborChase assisted-living facility on Airport-Pulling Road in Naples.

The driver, 44-year-old Dimas Herrera, took Dederick to that wrong address. According to testimony, nurses at the assisted-living center told Herrera that Dederick didn't live there.

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Dementia research ‘is in danger’

19 September 2012 Last updated at 13:13 ET By Adam Brimelow Health Correspondent, BBC News

A leading health research charity says drugs companies may "retreat" from dementia research without more support.

Alzheimer's Research UK says more government hep is needed to ensure the industry does not "retreat" from the challenge of finding new drugs.

The warning follows disappointing results in recent clinical trials.

The pharmaceutical industry body, the ABPI, says there are over 200 medicines under development for Alzheimer's.

It is estimated that more than 800,00 people in the UK have dementia. The majority have Alzheimer's Disease.

The numbers affected are growing fast, and the search for new treatments ever-more urgent.

But this summer two big trials have reported disappointing results. The drugs - bapineuzumab and solanezumab - failed to show benefits that researchers had hoped to see.

Alzheimer's Research UK fears companies may decide that putting resources into dementia is too risky. The charity's science director, Dr Eric Karran, said the trial setbacks were "very disappointing". He warned that companies may be deterred from investing in dementia.

"If you're running a business and you have options to find important new medicines in cancer, in diabetes or in neuroscience inevitably I think you have to place your bets where ultimately you will get a better chance of a return on your investment."

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UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Program Gets $3.2m HHS Award

Newswise U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that UCLA's new Alzheimer's and Dementia Care program has been awarded $3,208,540 as part of the agency's Health Care Innovation awards program.

The awards, made by possible through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, support innovative projects nationwide aimed at saving money, delivering high-quality medical care and enhancing the health care workforce. The 26 awardees announced today are expected to help reduce health care spending costs by $254 million over the next three years.

"We can't wait to support innovative projects that will save money and make our health care system stronger," Sebelius said. "It's yet another way we are supporting local communities now in their efforts to provide better care and lower cost."

The new projects include collaborations among leading hospitals, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, technology innovators, community-based organizations, patient advocacy groups and other organizations located in urban and rural areas. The Health and Human Services awards initiative allows applicants to come up with their best ideas to test how the quality and affordability of health care can be improved quickly and efficiently. The awarded projects will begin work this year to address health care issues in their local communities.

UCLA's Alzheimer's and Dementia Care program, which launched in March, provides comprehensive care, as well as resources and support, to patients and their caregivers.

"UCLA already provides outstanding geriatrics, neurology, psychiatry and primary care clinical services," said Dr. David Reuben, chief of UCLA's geriatrics division and leader of the program. "With the launch of this new program, we now have a comprehensive, coordinated dementia care program that spans across UCLA clinical centers and reaches into the community to meet the needs of these patients and their families. We are honored to receive this award, which will help us further our mission of caring for this ever-growing population."

The Health Care Innovation award will allow UCLA to expand the new program to provide efficient patient- and family-centered care for approximately 1,000 Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia in Los Angeles County. By training and deploying professional and non-professional workers and unpaid volunteers, expanding a dementia registry, conducting patient-needs assessments, and creating individualized dementia care plans, the program will reduce and shorten hospital stays, reduce emergency room visits and improve patient health, caregiver health and quality of care, with an estimated savings of approximately $6.9 million.

Over the three-year award period, the UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care program will train an estimated 2,500 workers. These workers will include nurse practitioners, who will be trained as dementia care managers; they, in turn, will help train primary care providers and patient caregivers in dementia care.

The awardees were chosen for their innovative solutions to the health care challenges facing their communities and for their focus on creating a well-trained health care workforce equipped to meet the need for new jobs in the 21st-century health system. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the health care and social assistance sector will gain the most jobs between now and 2020.

The 26 Health Care Innovation awards announced today total $122.6 million. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services at HHS administers the awards through cooperative agreements.

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Virtual Experience Gives Families Better Understanding of Dementia, Alzheimer’s

Someone in the United States is diagnosed with Alzeimer's Disease every 69 seconds, according to the Alzheimer's Association. While Alzheimer's victims make up the largest category, dementia comes in many forms.

For the past five years, Jo Anne Froelich has been taking care of her mom, who has Alzheimer's. It hasn't been an easy journey.

"I just think it's really important for people to step back and try to step in their shoes," Froelich said.

And now Froelich will get that chance. She's taking part in the Virtual Dementia Tour, along with Jennifer Peterson, whose mother is in the beginning stages of dementia. The tour is designed to provide a personal, hands-on look into the many challenges and frustrations experienced by people with Alzheimer's or Dementia, all in the hope of helping people become better caretakers for their loved one.

First staff at the Grandhaven Living Center in Lansing help get Peterson and Froelich in the right garb: blurry goggles to simulate vision loss, spiked shoe inserts and rubber gloves to mimic arthritis and nerve pain, and headphones with loud clutter and static. They're each given five different tasks to complete in 8 minutes.

Froelich's tasks are to to "put a belt through the loop on the pants, match 6 pairs of socks, clear the dinner table, draw a picture of your family and name them, and find neck tie and put it on."

Led into the apartment set-up, Froelich and Peterson get to work.

"You feel pretty out of control," Froelich described. "When they've given you a list of things to do and you have noise in your ears, your vision is blurred, there's pain in your feet, and you can't necessarily hear what you've been told so you're trying really hard to concentrate because you want to be successful."

But neither one could finish, or even remember, all five tasks. Afterwards, Peterson says she felt shaky, overwhelmed, and in admiration of her mom.

"This totally gives you a new sense for what's going on and builds your compassion level," said Peterson. "You really understand to some degree. I mean, I'm amazed that she functions at all."

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Grant’s dad has dementia

Singer Amy Grant's father has been diagnosed with dementia.

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Dr. Burton Grant, 80, began showing signs of a faltering memory in late 2008, and the Grammy winner and her sisters finally forced him to seek help from doctors who determined he was dealing with a loss of overall brain function.

She tells People magazine, "Watching his brilliant mind go away was tough."

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The news prompted the singer to retire her dad's medical license and hire around-the-clock caregivers, and the 51-year-old admits the disease has presented a new set of challenges for her family.

Grant says, "He might not know my name, but I sense familiarity. ... It's a new reality. He doesn't make sense, but it's the comfort of hearing him talk and talking back to him. I wouldn't have guessed this is the way my dad's life played out. But I wouldn't change it. The unexpected and hard aspects of life draw us together."

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Dementia ” the most serious health crisis this century”

Alzheimers New Zealand urges New Zealand government to recognise dementia as the most serious health crisis to be faced this century

Alzheimers New Zealand is encouraged by the Australian federal governments recent announcement that they will be committing almost AUS $270 million to dementia and hopes this announcement will go some way toward influencing our own government to take further financial action in New Zealand.

Under an aged-care reform package the Australian government will spend a total of $269.4 million over five years, including $164.3 million to be paid as supplements to people with dementia living in aged-care facilities and at home. The remainder of the money will go toward promoting early diagnosis of the disease. However, this amount this falls short of calls by Alzheimer's Australia for a $500m investment.

This financial commitment from the Australian government coupled with the recent announcement from the UK government that they will be doubling funding for dementia research, shows how other governments are stepping up and taking action to prepare for the inevitable rise in dementia. Alzheimers New Zealand is now urging our own government to take action and recognise dementia as the most serious health crisis to be faced this century.

A report released this month by the World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed the incidence of dementia is exploding in line with the rapid growth in aging populations worldwide, the most profound socio-economic phenomenon of this century. The number of people living with dementia worldwide, estimated at 35.6 million in 2010, is set to nearly double every 20 years, reaching 65.7 million in 2030 and 115.4 million in 2050.

In New Zealand, dementia is expected to increase to epidemic proportions in the very near future due to our countrys aging population. Today there around 44,000 recorded cases of dementia, however, we expect the true figure to be significantly higher than this as only 60% of people are diagnosed, according to the World Alzheimer Report 2011. Around half of all New Zealanders with dementia live with family carers, many of whom are providing around-the-clock care with little or no government support.

Alzheimers New Zealand is now approaching the third year of its National Dementia Strategy, launched at Parliament in May 2010. The strategy establishes clear actions to better support people with dementia and their carers. The document was developed in consultation with stakeholders throughout the sector, as well as with those who face the daily challenge of living with the disease. The strategy identifies key areas needing investment including early diagnosis and management of the disease, appropriate quality services, better supports for carers who provide in-home care, and development of a skilled work-force.

The success of the National Dementia Strategy hinges on the New Zealand governments recognition of the social and economic impacts of the disease and adopting dementia as a national health priority. While the New Zealand dementia community is working towards fulfilling the action points of the strategy, the New Zealand government is yet to formally adopt it.

The New Zealand government needs to recognise dementia as a national crisis in order to adequately fund the sector and best prepare for the significant costs of dementia in the future.

Last years Budget announcement of $44m to dementia was a step in the right direction but additional funding is needed to support people living with dementia in the home, says Alzheimers New Zealand chairperson, Martin Brooks.

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