Korsakoff Syndrome at KorCare

People Suffering from Korsakoff Syndrome disease need close medical attention and should be care with handle and provide treatment as soon as possible to educate people about Korsakoff Syndrome is must.

Korsakoff’s Syndrome is part of the spectrum of Alcohol Related Brain Damage (ARBD) which merge and overlap and includes alcohol dementia; Wernicke’s encephalopathy; alcohol-related brain injury and alcoholic amnesic syndrome.

Our aim is to provide a safe structured supportive environment for people with ARBD/Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome in order to give security in what otherwise would be a very confusing world.

For this KorCare Ltd is a unique specialist residential care resource based in Teignmouth Devon for people suffering from Korsakoff’s Syndrome.

We provide:

  1. 24 hour care with awake night staff
  2. A high quality level of personal care
  3. A ‘dry’ house – alcohol is not allowed on the premises and we ask that an Alcohol Dependency Agreement is signed by the client and their representative
  4. Personal support attending medical appointments ie GP/hospital/dental/optician
  5. A healthy and wholesome diet to support the nutritional requirements of Wernicke-Korsakoff’s in order to boost vitamin B1 intake (thiamine)
  6. Support for those who wish to give up smoking
  7. Assistance with financial affairs and claiming benefits
  8. A programme of regular recreational and diversional therapies catering for a variety of interests
  9. Fully supported risk-assessed holidays either abroad or in the UK

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