Tag: dementia

Dementia dad, 84, abandoned by hospital staff for 30hours and attacked by fellow patient

Scottish News

Guest - January 10, 2013

A VULNERABLE pensioner was abandoned on a hospital trolley for 30 hours with his belongings dumped on his legs – before being attacked by...

OAP “left to rot” in bed

Scottish News

Guest - September 21, 2012

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after an elderly man was left “bleeding to death” in the home he shared with his dementia sufferer sister. John...

Police hunt for dementia sufferer

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - May 14, 2012

POLICE are trying to trace a suspected dementia sufferer in Aberdeen. The male was last seen last seen wandering the streets in his pyjamas at...

Half of all Scottish care home residents now suffer from dementia

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 29, 2012

HALF of all Scottish care home residents suffer from dementia, shocking new figures have revealed. More than 16,000 Scots were officially diagnosed as having the...

Magnusson launches design guide for dementia-friendly homes

Scottish News

Peter Laing - March 20, 2012

Broadcaster and writer Sally Magnusson officially launched the Dementia Services Development Centre’s (DSDC) virtual dementia-friendly home design guide at the University of Stirling today. During...