The Alzheimer’s Society recently issued a report about the need for quality care for people suffering with dementia to allow them to remain living in their own homes.
Support. Stay. Save found that people with dementia and carers greatly value living in their own home and being able to play a part in the community and want services to enable them to meet these aspirations. However, many are not receiving sufficient support and care for this to be a reality.
Half of those who responded to Alzheimer's Society survey said that people with dementia and their carers living at home do not receive adequate support to meet their needs. This lack of support not only leads to admission to hospital and early entry into care homes, but also risks leaving hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers at risk of stress, depression and other serious illnesses.
The research also found that the home care workers who responded regularly worked with people with dementia and understood that they could have a good quality of life. However, many reported they still needed more training on delivering good dementia care.
Phil Batchelor, Director of Home Instead Senior Care’s Cardiff office commented:"We endorse this report and are proud to help a number of people with dementia continue living at home. Our unique combination of phased dementia care training, flexible range of services & the way we carefully select our staff really makes a difference for our clients and their families."
To download an executive summary of the report, go to: tp://alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/download_info.php?fileID=1031
