"Solve puzzles, stimulate brain" (excerpt)

Solve puzzles, stimulate brain, Hetal Vyas, Times of India, Bangalore, April 7, 2012. 

..."Dr Satish Chandra, director , Nimhans, said: "There has been a huge rise in dementia cases in the past two decades. When I started practising about 25 years ago, we used to see 1-2 cases every year. Today, we get 10 a month."...


Link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Solve-puzzles-stimulate-brain/articleshow/12565323.cms

Memory Clinic started in Mumbai by Sheild Foundation. (excerpt)

"If detected during early stages, dementia can be managed: doctors", Prachi Pinglay, Hindustan Times,  Mumbai, April 07, 2012.

...“Often signs of dementia are ignored and accepted as part of the ageing process,” said Swati Ingole, founder, Shield Foundation. Doctors at Memory Clinic conduct a Mini Mental State Examination, which looks at 30 aspects and has questions related to cognition and memory such as what a patient has eaten that day or what his or her name is. If a patient scores less than 24, he is referred for further tests."...


Link: http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/If-detected-during-early-stages-dementia-can-be-managed-doctors/Article1-836750.aspx#.T3_uWj1iTEo.facebook

"Helplines flooded with health problems of elderly" (excerpt)

"Helplines flooded with health problems of elderly", Maitri PORECHA, The Free Press Journal, April 07 2012, Mumbai.

..."Requiring special facilities and trained staff to render these, special geriatric centres have to be put in place," said Dr S C Anand, former president, Indian Medical Association ( IMA).

The civic body has grossly fallen short on providing special health care facilities for elderly. Geriatric wards for the elderly have not been constructed in civic- run KEM, Nair and Sion hospitals. Additional Municipal Commisioner (Health) Manisha Mhaiskar had admitted that in spite of previous plans, there was no separate budget allocation for geriatric and mental health facilities in more than 160 BMC dispensaries in Mumbai."...


Link: http://www.freepressjournal.in/news/57109-helplines-flooded-with-health-problems-of-elderly.html#.T3-XTmkWewk.facebook

"In India, as elsewhere, good health adds life to years", WHO India.

"To inform and sensitize all authorities and actors and to call for action in this domain, the WHO Country Office for India in partnership with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, is planning a series of consultations, workshops and activities involving stakeholders at the national, state and local level. 
On the World Health Day 2012, 19 state level meetings as well as a national meeting are being organized. WHO is also supporting a one‐day national meeting at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi on 7 April 2012. 

It will include a walkathon with elderly participants."


Link: http://whoindia.org/LinkFiles/WHOIndia_WHD_2012_Press_Release_Final.pdf


Pdf available also on request at hendi_lingiah@gmail.com

"When caregivers are to be cared for", Times of India, Bangalore, Aug 10, 2008. (excerpt)

"When Smitha's mother was unable to recognise her immediate relatives, it was surprising, but when she was unable to recognise her own daughters, it was shocking for family."

..."Mandeep's mother (90) is scared to be alone and insists on having her presence all the time. "To cope with anxiety , depression, frustration, I regularly do yoga," says Mandeep."

..."If there is a dementia patient at home, then it's not one patient but two patients at home since more than onethird of the dementia care givers suffer from emotional stress and 30% of them are affected by depression." ...


Link: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/When-caregivers-are-to-be-cared-for-/articleshow/3347439.cms?intenttarget=no

Photos: Dementia Screening & Awareness Camp, Chennai, March 2012.

Photo ARDSI Chennai Chapter: "It is important that people understand a person with dementia continues to be a person of worth and dignity, and deserving the same respect as any other human being." Dementia Screening & Awareness Camp, Chennai, March 2012.

MSc in Dementia Studies Distance learning scholarships for students in India (2)

MSc in Dementia Studies Distance learning scholarships for students in India.


The School of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling, UK, is
offering ten scholarship places for students of Indian, Pakistani and
Bangladeshi origin living and working in India, Pakistan and Bangaldesh.

The MSc in Dementia Studies is a multi-professional programme open to all health and social work professionals working with people with dementia. Students will attend one introductory session in Bengaluru each year and complete the rest of their studies online. 

This is a three year programme which attracts students from around the world and from a diverse range of professional backgrounds.

For more information and an application pack contact:
Roslyn Hogg (Programme administrator)
roslyn.hogg@stir.ac.uk
School of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling,
Stirling FK9 4LA, United Kingdom, 0044 1786 467746 
For more information on the programme, click on the link below:
http://dementia.stir.ac.uk/node/1182
Deadline for applications: 1st May 2012
10 Scholarships are awarded by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission




Link: 
http://dementia.stir.ac.uk/Education_Training_Postgraduate