Tag: dementia

New dementia research focuses on the influence of lifestyle factors

FOUR SCOTTISH universities have joined forces to study how lifestyle factors may lead to dementia.   The new research programme will investigate the relationship between blood...

Dementia rates higher for people living further north

THE RISK of developing dementia depends on how far north a person lives, new research has found.   New statistics have revealed that middle-aged Scots living...

OAP must drive 80 miles to visit dementia patient wife

AN 80-year-old man must drive 80 miles to see his dementia patient wife - because a Scottish city lacks the facilities to care for...

A care home nurse let a 15-year-old administer medication to two elderly residents

A NURSE at a care home for elderly ex-servicemen let a 15-year-old volunteer administer medication to two residents has been suspended. Nurse Emee Lou Ilano...

Dementia sufferer, 96, assaulted and robbed in his own home

A 96-YEAR-old dementia sufferer has been assaulted and robbed in his own home. The victim answered the door at his home in Leith, Edinburgh, on...

Arm Twist Nurse Struck Off

A NURSE has been struck off he deliberately inflicted pain on an elderly care home resident by twisting his arm behind his back as...

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