The Future of Dementia Support
I was recently asked to take part in a discussion about the future of Dementia care with Care Home Professional magazine. Reflecting on this I think we should start with language.
I was recently asked to take part in a discussion about the future of Dementia care with Care Home Professional magazine. Reflecting on this I think we should start with language.
Perhaps more than any other, the medical professions can be full of jargon that may be difficult to understand. For any fans of Countdown out there, they often discuss strange words and phrases that seem to be ‘doctors only’ terms!
Every one of us, no matter what stage in life we’re at, can struggle with making significant decisions.
As with all areas of our society, the way that the UK treats, respects and provides for its older generations is not the same as the rest of the world does it. For better or worse, generational differences and attitude towards them are one of the defining features of other countries, including our own.
Human minds are not built to work in isolation, but specialised over millions of years to function as connected nodes in a network of humanity.
Often it can be hard to make decisions, especially large ones like which care or nursing home is best for someone or yourself. That’s why we’ve put this little piece together to showcase what Signature has to offer its residents. It’s a bit about us that we hope will appeal to a bit about you.
Our media is crammed with advice on why exercise is good for people. In the news, many diseases and conditions can be, at least in part, attributed to lack of exercise and its connection with diet.
The notion of paying for your care in later life is something that causes a lot of people a fair amount of distress. Well Signature has written a number of posts recently with some friendly advice on how to lessen that particular weight.
The idea of respite care has been around for literally hundreds if not thousands of years, since the earliest days of planned and community-coordinated caregiving.
Examining the specifics and working out exactly how that expenditure breaks down can be helpful in understanding the costs of running a care home, and everything that goes into providing award-winning elderly and assisted living care.