Hot weather warning for people with dementia
With the heat health warning at yellow as temperatures continue to rise, Alzheimer’s Society is providing advice to help people with dementia to stay safe...
Tag: dehydration
Festivals – handling your drink and the dangers involved
Festivals can be an exciting opportunity for teenagers to branch out. For many, it will be their first time away from parents. With this, comes...
Norovirus is on the rise
Norovirus is on the rise: here’s how to protect your elderly loved ones from Norovirus as cases in over 65’s surge. As the winter season...
Need hangover help?
7 proven hangover cures and first aid for alcohol poisoning from Emma Hammett of First Aid for Life. Hangovers make you feel rotten. Symptoms can...
Glasto: the dangers of mixing drugs
Glastonbury Festival: Expert issues warning about the dangers of mixing drugs: last year it was reported that the river that runs through Glastonbury Festival was contaminated...
Dealing with illness in dreadful hot weather
“What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance,” cried Jane Austen. Inelegance is the least of some people’s...
Starvation in hospitals
Nurse Helen Cowan talks about starvation, dehydration and death in hospitals. “Kill by mouth” read a recent headline in the Sun newspaper. Readers were informed that...
Dipstick urine tests are not fit for purpose
Urine tests have long been used as frontline weapons in the clinical armoury to ensure that elderly people are not suffering from dehydration. Studies show...
