People diagnosed with a severe mental impairment entitled to a 25% discount

A pensioner who suffers from dementia has won back £7,000 after she was wrongly billed for council tax. The 96-year-old suffered a stroke in 2008, causing dementia-like symptoms such as forgetfulness. People who...

We've been told my dad is in the last stage of his illness. He's bedridden now and has lost the ability to swallow most of the time , he isn't eating and barley drinks.

He's in a care home and our doctor spoke to my mum about what care she would like him to receive. She decided to keep...

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As most of you know my 93 year old mum is getting to be a bit of a hand full. Last weekend she was taken by my brother and his partner to the local hospital as her knee had swollen up(mums not his partners)
I knew about her knee last week as she had been to the Drs who had given her some stronger...

I thought the banks were told to help the sufferers of Dementia and their families.

Well not the case.

My mother in her eighties has Vascular Dementia (VD) which is caused by a series of small strokes or transient ischaemic attacks (TIA), which cause parts of the brain to die....

Thinking of my wonderful dad today x

Lost him years ago today, he just turned 69.

Loved and Remembered always, such a special man, everyone's friend. xxxxxx

He has Parkinson's and he has deteriorated so fast, i can't understand him when he speaks, he can hardly walk, he keeps falling and hurting himself. He is scared to leave the house as it's his comfort zone, he has no go in him and cannot even use his mobile phone or the house phone, he can't do anything...

Elderly campaigners hit out after police buy tracking devices to save time and money searching for pensioners who wander off.

Elderly care campaigners have branded a police force's decision to buy tracking devices for dementia...

He has parkinsons and i think he is getting worse, he has deteriorated so fast over the past year since his diagnosis, its breaking my heart and i cant stop crying .

His sister died yesterday of cancer and when i went to see him this morning he never seemed upset about it, i wonder if...

Okay as many of you know I was prescribed Simvastatins at 40mg at almost a month ago.

I have a check up tomorrow about other stuff (women stuff) lol, but am going to bring up about some concerns of mine.

I recall one some saying about cramps, but cannot remember who.
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Guys

Need some help for a mate - anyone know anything about this shower?

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Basically I need the CEO name and anything juicy regards mis-selling and taking contracts out in peoples names without their knowledge.
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This is just a rant because everything is imploding!
Brief resume of my year......
Son after a couple of gap years goes to uni to study a foundation science conversion degree. Meets the love of his life who convinces him (probably didn't take much convincing) that his jealousy, immaturity,...

Lloyds TSB pays compensation after lending dementia patient £18,000

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 9th June 2012 08:05.

Lloyds TSB has agreed to pay compensation after lending a woman with dementia £18,000 for home improvements. The bank allowed pensioner...

I'm looking into this at the moment re. my mum who spent her final years in a care home with Altzheimer's. Although Mum passed away several years ago, people can still re-claim....

Around £500 a month from her own money from 2004 (the date from when you can do it apparently.....) until...

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What signs should I look for?

Dementia is not a single illness but a group of symptoms caused by damage to the brain. The symptoms include:

• memory loss, such as remembering

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