Few now question the right of parents to stay with children in hospital - so why don't patients with dementia have similar rights? A blog for Dementia Awareness week.
A hospital admission can be catastrophic for patients if they are neglected by over-stretched nursing staff. A new campaign demands that relatives are allowed to stay and support their family member.
The author and journalist Francis Wheen witnessed the shed in which he worked being burnt to the ground with all his correspondence, his computers and his latest novel.
