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Another lovely warm afternoon at the Finchley Memorial Hospital. Lisa welcomed everyone and everyone was happy enjoying their teas/coffees, biscuits and chatting and keeping busy with water colour painting, word searches and a stacking game to try and stack some miniature chairs.

It was also one of the members birthday today. It was Ruth’s birthday and Lisa made sure it was celebrated the DCUK fashion with a firework candle. Ruth was also wearing a very special pretty dress today which everyone complimented. Everyone sang Happy Birthday and Ruth was very happy and overwhelmed.

A game of Bingo followed which everyone enjoys and then Richard Kravetz our Yoga instructor then joined us for the exercises. Richard always makes exercising fun. The session finished with some singing with song sheets and there was also some dancing.

Everyone had a lovely time.

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Our discussion this evening was about Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)

Dr Angela one of our Trustees was able to talk to us about UTIs and how we can prevent them. Please see some useful links below.

You can test your own urine by buying a Testing Kit from Amazon UK. You do however need to make sure you follow the instructions well and if you are not sure please do go and see your GP.

 

UTI Testing strips

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=uti+testing+strips

 

Everything you need to know about Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)

https://www.healthline.com/health/urinary-tract-infection-adults

 

Drugs commonly recommended for simple UTIs include:

• Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim, Septra, others
• Fosfomycin (Monurol) 3 g granules (one sachet) for oral solution – a one stop treatment.
• Nitrofurantoin (Macrodantin, Macrobid)
• Cephalexin (Keflex)
• Ceftriaxone.

 

What are the main causes of UTI?

The following factors can increase the likelihood of developing a UTI:

• sexual intercourse, especially if more frequent, intense, and with multiple or new partners.
• diabetes.
• poor personal hygiene.
• problems emptying the bladder completely.
• having a urinary catheter.
• bowel incontinence.
• blocked flow of urine.
• kidney stones.

 

Seven ways to treat a UTI without antibiotics

Can you treat a UTI without antibiotics? 7 home remedies (medicalnewstoday.com)

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322411

 

Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs – NHS)

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/urinary-tract-infections-utis/

The threat of a downpour and the game of “hunt the petrol station” were all forgotten when Dementia Club UK met at the Eversfield Centre on Tuesday afternoon.

Home made cakes, biscuits, tea and coffee were consumed by about thirty visitors, including carers , Mill Hill Rotarians and some people visiting for the first time.

Thinking caps on, Jeanette led a lively exchange of memories about hair styles past and present. Then Helen Tierney our music entertainer followed on playing the piano and then her small harp, accompanied with much singing and laughter.

By the time Richard Kravetz arrived to take us through our seated Yoga exercises, the place was in a very positive mood. A lovely session with gentle exercises, and a rendition of “She’ll be coming round the mountains” with Lisa, rounded off a very happy session!

Thank you to all our Mill Hill Rotary club volunteers – Graham, Desmond and Bobsie and also Lisa and Mark.

Report written by Jeanette Poulton – Session Leader

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Our monthly Dementia Club UK session was held on the 4th October at Sha’arei Tsedek Synagogue in Whetstone.

Our members were served tea, coffee, delicious biscuits and cake at the start of our session and were happy chatting to each other.

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Justine, the Session Leader, announced that David Longstaff, a Trustee of Dementia Club UK had raised £500 by running in the London Marathon on Sunday which is amazing and also that it was two of our amazing members birthdays, Chrystalla and Ruth.

Then the one and only James Le Bec and his lovely assistant Joy entertained our members with a variety of popular songs to which many of the members and helpers danced.  He also did a music quiz and everyone got very involved in guessing the artists!

20 members and carers attended the session with the assistance of eight helpers who were:- Justine, Stephen, Caroline, Dot, Claire, Theresa, Lisa and Mark.

A beautiful day again at Finchley Memorial Hospital and members were delighted to be at the session. Lisa gave some quizzes on each table and also gave them the challenge for today which was to fine A to Z colours. Richard Kravetz then arrived and gave a great Yoga session.

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This was then followed with Ian James with music entertainment and today Ian first played some Country and Western music followed with some Rock and Roll and 50s,60s,70s, music, Italian and Scottish music. There was something for everyone to enjoy and some dancing too. Lisa then finished the session with the A to Z challenge results. Everyone was in such a buzz and left with a smile.

Our speaker this evening was Zaira De Novellis – Managing Director of Homeshare Service. She joined us this evening with her colleague Sibel Whitehead. Please see the PowerPoint which was presented and discussed.

If anyone wishes to contact Zaira, please see her contact details below;

London Office:          020 36336066
Head Office:              016 04905517
Mobile:                       078 47 072490
Email:                         zaira@supportmatch.co.uk
Web:                           www.supportmatch.co.uk

We also had some other discussions.

 

Memantine as a treatment for dementia

Dr Angela has provided the following links;

https://www.cochrane.org/CD003154/DEMENTIA_memantine-treatment-dementia

Does Memantine help?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279356/

 

EEG test could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease five years earlier

Ground-breaking EEG test could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease five years earlier

EEG stands for Electroencephalogram which measure recognition memory. One of the members mentioned how his wife had taken part on this study last week at Queens Square Hospital.

 

Getting to Know Me – workbook

A pdf file was sent in the email to members. You can use this workbook to complete with your loved one and use it to give to a carer or a care home who will look after your loved one. Hope you enjoy completing it.

 

One of our Trustees David Longstaff is running in the London Marathon on the 3rd October to raise money for Dementia Club UK. If you would like to support David in his run, please click on this link below which will take you to the page below. Many Thanks.

https://www.facebook.com/donate/381451233526567/

Members joined for their chat session to start. There was no exercise session today as Eon was on holiday so Lisa arranged for an extended music entertainment session with James Le Bec which everyone really enjoyed. The music ‘Countdown’ challenge is also a great favourite as members like the challenge. Lisa then called out the Bingo numbers with her lovely assistant Chrystalla and the winners today and for BINGO GAME 13 are Booba Beryl and Hazel.

This was our first session today at FIN East Barnet. John the Director of FIN helped with Mark to set up the tables and Lisa and volunteers from Fin Hannah and Claudine helped with the teas and coffees and biscuits on each table. Lisa welcomed everyone including members from FIN.

Lisa had a few quizzes on the tables for everyone to start with and then announced to start a Bingo game. Everyone was very keen to play Bingo. Lisa then did some exercises with everyone today as Eon was on holiday. Ian James the music entertainer then arrived and sang a variety of songs which got everyone singing and a few members up dancing. As the venue has a large space there was plenty of room for dancing.

This was a successful first session and Dementia Club UK are very pleased to be partners with FIN. It was a pleasure to see John Wilks at this first session today especially as he is leaving in a few days and going to South Africa. Lisa and Mark wished him all the best for the future.

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