Tag: hospitals

Hospitals to make families take elderly bed-blockers home

Some weeks ago a dementia specialist nurse told me how families were bringing in their older relatives as an emergency and leaving them in the

November 21, 2014

UK’s dementia care betrayal: Nine in ten care homes and hospitals fail patients, says damning report

Splashed on the front pages of two national British newspapers this morning is a truly alarming report by about the care people with dementia receive

October 13, 2014

Louise Morse

Louise Morse MA (CBT) is media and external relations manager for the Pilgrims’ Friend Society. She is a writer and speaker, and author of books on issues of old age, including dementia, published by Lion Monarch and SPCK. She is a cognitive behavioural therapist, and her Masters’ dissertation examined the effects of caring for a loved one with dementia on close relatives.