Dementia

...ba href=/dementia/a/b" and "should remain in receipt of NHS continuing care funding." Mr Shakespeare, who works in the print industry, has set up his own website www.fightthebureaucracy.org and is planning to distribute 10,000 leaflets calling for support.

He has also enlisted the help of West Bromwich West MP Adrian Bailey, who said: "I have been in touch with the primary care trusts over this case and I am monitoring it closely." Mr Shakespeare claims a "post-code lottery" means those suffering from the same condition in other parts of the country are treated differently.

"My main aim is to to get my mum the care she deserves," he said.

"This is somebody in need of constant medical attention.

The worst-case scenario is I will have to fund a proportion of that £800 a week." Sandwell Primary Care Trust director of primary care and modernisation Claire Molloy said: "Sandwell PCTs regularly review the care needs of our clients and, where those needs have changed, this may mean an alteration of funding levels or funding arrangements.

In some cases responsibility for funding some elements of that care may pass to social services.

"Sandwell PCTs have a robust process where such assessments take place and family members or carers are routinely invited to be present at case conferences or discuss the case with clinicians." Wolverhampton Social Services declined to comment.

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...ba href=/dementia/a/b may share identifying information with Alabama law enforcement agencies statewide.

There is no cost to families or caregivers for entering or maintaining their information in this secure system.

"We developed AlaSafe.gov to help law enforcement agencies have access to information they will need so they can more quickly identify, confirm and return these individuals to their families or caregivers," said Maury Mitchell, ACJIC Director.

"It is estimated that the average search for a lost or wandering person with ba href=/dementia/a/b is nine hours, with a cost to law enforcement agencies of about $1,500 per hour.

The law enforcement manpower and resource hours expended in no way compares to the agony faced by these individuals or their families, but it brings home the stark reality of the need for a better and faster way to share vital information in this event." The concept for AlaSafe.gov was based on local paper-based registration programs provided by some Alabama law enforcement agencies.

ACJIC was approached by the office of Alabama Attorney General Troy King with the concept of developing a statewide, web-based system in the Fall of 2004, after discussing an existing local program in the Guntersville area with that city's police chief, Scott Walls.

The AlaSafe.gov program is designed to supplement local programs such as Project Lifesaver, by providing statewide reach for the information through the Law Enforcement Tactical System (LETS), a secure internet-based search por...

...ba href=/dementia/a/b" and "she should remain in receipt of NHS continuing care funding." Mr Shakespeare has set up the website www.fightthebureaucracy.org and is aiming to distribute 10,000 leaflets calling for support.

He has also enlisted the help of West Bromwich West MP Adrian Bailey, who said: "I have been in touch with the primary care trusts over this case and I am monitoring it closely." Mr Shakespeare claims a "post-code lottery" means those suffering from the same condition in other parts of the country are treated differently.

"My main aim is to to get my mum the care she deserves," he said.

"She does not even know who I am.

This is somebody in need of constant medical attention.

"The worst-case scenario is I will have to fund a proportion of that £800 a week." Sandwell PCT's director of primary care and modernisation Claire Molloy said the care of the clients were regularly reviewed.

"Sandwell PCTs have a robust process where such assessments take place and family members or carers are routinely invited to be present at case conferences or discuss the case with clinicians." Wolverhampton social se-rvices declined to comment.

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