Two cops who beat up dementia patient turn themselves in and are charged 

The two cops who beat up a 73-year-old dementia patient in Colorado last June turned themselves in on Thursday and appeared in court, after warrants were issued for their arrest. Body camera footage shows Austin Hopp, 26, and Daria Jalali, 27, confronting Karen Garner as she left a Walmart store in Loveland without paying for … Read more

Two cops who beat up dementia patient turn themselves in and are charged 

The two cops who beat up a 73-year-old dementia patient in Colorado last June turned themselves in on Thursday and appeared in court, after warrants were issued for their arrest. Body camera footage shows Austin Hopp, 26, and Daria Jalali, 27, confronting Karen Garner as she left a Walmart store in Loveland without paying for … Read more

Dementia care shame as crisis-hit system can’t protect elderly patients

Tens of thousands of dementia sufferers are being rushed to hospital every year because of shocking failings in England’s social care system. Emergency admissions of people with dementia soared by 27 per cent over four years because inadequate social care leaves them unprotected from infections, falls and dehydration. An investigation launched by the Alzheimer’s Society to … Read more

Dementia care shame as crisis-hit system can’t protect elderly patients

Tens of thousands of dementia sufferers are being rushed to hospital every year because of shocking failings in England’s social care system. Emergency admissions of people with dementia soared by 27 per cent over four years because inadequate social care leaves them unprotected from infections, falls and dehydration. An investigation launched by the Alzheimer’s Society to … Read more

HEALTH NOTES: People with kidney disease are 70% more likely to develop dementia, study finds

HEALTH NOTES: People with kidney disease are 70 per cent more likely to develop dementia, study finds By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:12 BST, 8 May 2021 | Updated: 22:12 BST, 8 May 2021 People with kidney disease are 70 per cent more likely to develop dementia, a major study has found. Swedish researchers … Read more

Alzheimer’s Society: Play fair on council tax discounts for dementia

Alzheimer’s Society: Play fair on council tax discounts for households where family member has dementia By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2021 Charity Alzheimer’s Society is urging local authorities to stop playing hard ball over paying council tax discounts to households where … Read more

Three Loveland police officers involved in the arrest of 73-year-old with dementia resign

Three Colorado cops resign after they callously laughed at bodycam footage of themselves ‘breaking arm and dislocating shoulder’ of 73-year-old dementia sufferer Loveland Police Chief Bob Ticer announced  officers Austin Hopp, Daria Jalali and community service officer Tyler Blackett are no longer employed by his department  ‘What you saw on the video was not the … Read more

Three Loveland police officers involved in the arrest of 73-year-old with dementia resign

Three Colorado cops resign after they callously laughed at bodycam footage of themselves ‘breaking arm and dislocating shoulder’ of 73-year-old dementia sufferer Loveland Police Chief Bob Ticer announced  officers Austin Hopp, Daria Jalali and community service officer Tyler Blackett are no longer employed by his department  ‘What you saw on the video was not the … Read more

Britney Spears’ dad Jamie ‘claimed pop star had DEMENTIA in bombshell conservatorship documents’

Britney Spears’ father has claimed that the 39-year-old pop star has dementia. Jamie Spears, 68, said his daughter had the condition on forms to justify controlling her finances – but fans insist it would be impossible for her to learn songs and routines if that were the case. The singer released a song on her … Read more

Britney Spears’ dad Jamie ‘claimed pop star had DEMENTIA in bombshell conservatorship documents’

Britney Spears’ father has claimed that the 39-year-old pop star has dementia. Jamie Spears, 68, said his daughter had the condition on forms to justify controlling her finances – but fans insist it would be impossible for her to learn songs and routines if that were the case. The singer released a song on her … Read more