Apparently Prime Minister David Cameron has praised the new film about Margaret Thatcher but expressed a view that, with MT still alive, it is too soon to feature the dementia angle. I haven't seen the film yet but would say that anything that raises awareness on the issues of dementia can only be a good thing.
Having experienced this terrible disease within my own family and spoken to many people with similar experiences, there is no doubt in my mind that there is still a lack of awareness and the care afforded in hospitals to the elderly is still poor.
So what the PM is in effect highlighting with his comments is a fear that greater awareness will reveal just how far his Government has brushed this whole subject under the carpet!
Somebody said to me recently that we still live in a civil service culture where arrogance is rife and where the phrase "it's the rules" usually overshadows common sense and humanity.
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