Enriching older peoples lives through interactive comedy. Life’s not all fun and games but there is a group of people who are going to give it a good old try. Silver Comedy has been set up to provide a safe and welcoming environment to give older people’s groups, including day centres, supported housing and...
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In 1980 it is thought that dementia affected over 700,000 people and cost the UK over 17 billion pounds. By the year 2038 it is estimated the there will be over 1.4 million sufferers with a cost of over 50 billion pounds. With this in mind the government has identified dementia as a national...
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In this short video we watch David Behan, who is the Governments Director General for Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships, talk about how to improve dementia care services. Key points from the video are - There needs to be good quality, early intervention and diagnosis of dementia Improvement in quality of care provided by all hospitals when treating people with dementia Care homes who...
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Singing for the Brain People with dementia and memory loss can struggle to remember things in their life but singing a song seems easy to a lot of people with dementia. The words to the songs seem to be remebered easily if it is a song they are familiar with. Why this is the case is...
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Watch this video to learn more about living with dementia If you or a person you know has Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia you may want to know more information about living with the disease. Below we have a video which has been produced by NHS Choices. It show’s what it is like...
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Arts 4 Dementia, founded in 2011, has been set up to bridge the gap in arts provision, to re-energise and inspire people living with dementia in the community, to help develop new outreach in London and establish a comprehensive website (www.arts4dementia.org.uk) to signpost arts activities nationwide. Two-thirds of the 64,000 Londoners with dementia live at...
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NHS Choices video on living with Alzheimer’s Stan Lintern has had Alzheimer’s disease for 10 years. He is cared for by his wife Denise, who helped set up the Maidstone branch of the Alzheimer’s Society and runs the helpline. Last year, she was awarded an MBE for services to her local community. We have...
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A ‘memory café’ or ‘dementia cafe’ can offer people with dementia and their carers the chance to socialise and share information on dementia at a local centre which is free of charge. On the video below, provided by NHS Choices, one such group talk about what the experience of visiting a local memory cafe...
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Here we take a look at a video provided by NHS Choices. It deals with the issue of Early Onset Dementia. It features John and his wife Shirley. They describe how they’ve adapted their lives since John showed early signs of dementia. An expert explains the value of early diagnosis and planning for a...
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The government is launching a new video to help people spot the signs of a person with dementia. The video is going to raise the awareness of people who go undiagnosed with dementia.
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