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Pill cuts dementia risk
People over 60 taking a particular drug to lower blood pressure are 50% less likely to develop Alzheimer’s than those taking other anti-hypertensive medication. The drugs which appear to hav...Nurse told sexy secrets to schizophrenic patient
A hearing was told yesterday how a female nurse at Coastlands unit at Northgate Hospital, Great Yarmouth, kissed and fondled a schizophrenic patient, and told him intimate details about items staff ha...Alleged racism from mental health nurses at St Mary’s Hospital in Northamptonshire
The Nursing and Midwifery Council heard yesterday how two mental health nurses did monkey impressions whilst discussing a black colleague. Susan Horton and Sarah Cullum allegedly called the woman a &#...Half of all hospitals and nursing homes provide ‘poor and unsafe care’
The Care Quality Commission also found that a third of hospitals are failing to meet required standards of handling medicine safely, and a further fifth aren’t treating the elderly with respect,...Daily vitamin to help reverse Alzheimer’s
Researchers at Oxford University have found that a daily vitamin pill containing high doses of B vitamins and folic acid could dramatically slow the onset of memory loss in old age, and even protect a...High cholesterol linked to Alzheimer’s
A study has indicated that people who have high choelsterol may be at a higher risk of suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. The cholesterol levels of 2,587 people aged 40-79 were tested, none of ...10 minute Alzheimer’s test
Doctors will now be able to identify the signs of Alzheimer’s much earlier, thanks to an iPad picture-based memory test that takes 10 minutes. The exercise requires patients to recall the locati...Nurse threatened to stab elderly patient at Pinderfields Hospital, West Yorkshire
Lynette Freeth was working on a geriatric ward at Pinderfields, when she was seen mistreating patients. She called an Alzheimer’s sufferer a “silly old cow”, and pinned her to the be...Care worker stole from dementia patients at Dryclough Manor, Oldham
Stacy Matthews, a 25 year old care worker, stole seven rings and two gold chains from three residents of the home, two of which had dementia. One of her victims, Margaret Monk, was over 100 years old....Nurse abused dementia patient at Victoria Care Home, Rainford (Merseyside)
The Nursing and Midwifery Council yesterday heard how David Hill, 49, tormented wheelchair-bound dementia patient Dorothy Tunstall who died in April 2010. The abuse took place in 2008 over a period of...
