Dementia friends gather at Teesside care home
DEMENTIA friends gathered at Teesside care home for training to support those with the condition. Dementia champion and crime prevention officer at Cleveland Police, Peter Ridley facilitated the session at The Beeches Care Home, on Green Lane, Stockton on Tees. There were more than a dozen attendees, including staff from the home, family of residents, […]
Forest Nursery Helps People with Dementia Remember Their Roots
An innovative forest school and nursery based in South East Northumberland is branching out with a new partnership involving North East charity MIND Active, so that people with dementia can join in with the children’s memory-building exercises. Footprints on the Moon was established in 2015 by Annie Blight from Cramlington. As a child, she frequently cycled […]
RCH Care Homes makes dementia commitment
RCH Care Homes makes dementia commitment as part of Dementia Action Week To mark Dementia Action Week (DAW), which ran from 20 to 26 May 2019, RCH Care Homes committed to creating 900 new Dementia Friends! As part of RCH’s ongoing partnership with the Association for Dementia Studies (ADS), and to complement our dementia strategy, […]
Light projection game makes all the difference to those living with dementia
Staff at MHA Langholme care home in Falmouth were left in awe after seeing first-hand the transformative effect that a motion-activated sensory projection had on residents living with dementia in the home. With the goal of stimulating, engaging and relaxing the mind, this projection technology, which is manufactured in the UK, comes equipped with quizzes, music and […]
Sponsored walk for dementia friendly sensory garden
RESIDENTS and staff have raised hundreds of pounds for a dementia friendly sensory garden at their care home. A 3.5-mile sponsored walk around Carr Ellison Park, in Hebburn, near Newcastle, generated more than £280 in sponsorship. The funds will be used to buy a variety of plants and vegetables, raised flower beds and other multi-sensory […]
How you can help during Dementia Action week?
This Dementia Action Week, 20 – 26 May, Alzheimer’s Society is calling for people to focus on inclusion, and take action so people living with dementia can stay connected to the things they love for longer. Over a third of people living with dementia have recently felt lonely and over a third have lost […]
Penwortham man living with dementia releases song for Alzheimer’s Society
69-year-old John Holt who is living with dementia has been inspired to write a song about his experiences of the condition. The song ‘The Secret D’ has been released on iTunes with all proceeds going to Alzheimer’s Society. John, who lives in Penwortham, attends Alzheimer’s Society’s Singing for the Brain in Penwortham, and is also a […]
Alzheimer’s Society to launch new café support group
Parbold and Skelmersdale Alzheimer’s Society dementia cafes will become one new café support group for people with dementia starting on Wednesday 10 April at Skelmersdale library. The amalgamated Café will provide an opportunity for people with dementia and their carers to socialise and get much needed face to face support. Dementia Cafés provide people with dementia […]
Visiting dog inspires care home resident to speak
RALPH the dog turned a care home resident who rarely speaks into a chatterbox during a recent visit. The pet pooch and his owner, Ian Turnbull, were visiting The Beeches Care Home, in Stockton-on-Tees. When the pair went to see resident Brian Fenny, 85, who has dementia, staff were surprised when he began speaking to […]
