Viewpoint: CCGS key as people with dementia need more services in their own homes

As a report this week from Alzheimer’s Society sets out starkly, there are 800,000 people with dementia – a figure that will pass one million in the next decade. Of these, over 300,000 – more than the population of Cardiff – live in a care home. Their experience of life ‘in care’ varies too widely, with only one in four family members believing quality of life in care is good, and many reports of dementia patients living ‘unstimulating’ lives. The report also highlights that far too often patients actually deteriorate when they enter care, so it is unsurprising that 70% of people fear going into residential care in the future.

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