Carers Group Zoom Meeting – 28th September 2021

Sep 28, 2021 | Carers Group Meetings

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Carers Group Zoom Meeting – 28th September 2021

Our speaker this evening was Zaira De Novellis – Managing Director of Homeshare Service. She joined us this evening with her colleague Sibel Whitehead. Please see the PowerPoint which was presented and discussed.

If anyone wishes to contact Zaira, please see her contact details below;

London Office:          020 36336066
Head Office:              016 04905517
Mobile:                       078 47 072490
Email:                         zaira@supportmatch.co.uk
Web:                           www.supportmatch.co.uk

We also had some other discussions.

 

Memantine as a treatment for dementia

Dr Angela has provided the following links;

https://www.cochrane.org/CD003154/DEMENTIA_memantine-treatment-dementia

Does Memantine help?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279356/

 

EEG test could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease five years earlier

Ground-breaking EEG test could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease five years earlier

EEG stands for Electroencephalogram which measure recognition memory. One of the members mentioned how his wife had taken part on this study last week at Queens Square Hospital.

 

Getting to Know Me – workbook

A pdf file was sent in the email to members. You can use this workbook to complete with your loved one and use it to give to a carer or a care home who will look after your loved one. Hope you enjoy completing it.

 

One of our Trustees David Longstaff is running in the London Marathon on the 3rd October to raise money for Dementia Club UK. If you would like to support David in his run, please click on this link below which will take you to the page below. Many Thanks.

https://www.facebook.com/donate/381451233526567/