Nineteen months ago one of the two chief architects of the National Dementia Strategy told an audience at Community Care Live of his optimism for the future care of people with the condition.
But a report on BBC News last weekend was surely the very antithesis of what Sube Bannerjee was expecting.
An article on a recently reactivated blog, Care in the UK, has caught my attention: a private care provider is reducing the number of bedrails in its residential homes for older people.
It is a poor indictment on the quality of care when a patient leaves hospital in worse shape than when they went in.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published its submission to MPs now looking into the skills needs of social care staff who support people with dementia.
The recent publicity given to the health-related battles being fought by Terry Pratchett, John Suchet and Jade Goody is forcing me to revise my generally negative stance on celebrity culture.
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