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Warwickshire’s Dementia Awareness Week event – feedback

26 Thursday May 2016

Posted by livingwellwithdementiacovandwarks in alzheimer's, awareness, awareness week, Care Homes, Carers, community support, DAW, DAW2016, dementia, Dementia Cafe, Dementia Portal, Diagnosis, General, Health, Information, Memory, memory cafe, museum, Older People, Peer Support, Providers, Social Care, Support, Uncategorized, Warwickshire

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Warwickshire marked this year’s Dementia Awareness Week by holding a Dementia Support and Services Event on Friday 20th May in Nuneaton Newtown Centre.

It is estimated that by 2025, over 11,000 people aged over 65 will be living with dementia in Warwickshire. By 2020, around one fifth (18%) of those aged over 80 in Warwickshire are projected to have dementia.

The impact of dementia can be far-reaching, but by increasing awareness and understanding of this condition we can make a real difference to improving the lives of people living with dementia and also support those who care for them.

The 20th May informal drop-in event offered a chance for Warwickshire residents to find out more about services available to support people with dementia and their loved ones, in different areas of our county.

Partners worked together to develop a full and varied programme including holding a market stall for local providers as well as offering a number of engaging taster sessions  such as story making, memory box making,  Dementia Friends or an ‘ooomph’ chair based exercise class.

A range of providers attended the event to promote their service offer, these included for example: Alzheimer’s Society, Age UK, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, Millbrook Healthcare, the Herbert Art Gallery, Citizen Advice Bureau,  Dementia Action Alliance, Warwickshire Library Service, South Warwickshire Foundation trust and a range of care homes and home care providers.

The event was well attended and a number of people commented that it was very helpful in terms of networking and finding information about dementia service provision in Warwickshire, talking to service providers about support available to individual families and participate in taster sessions, or having a health check done.

Each attendee was provided with a ‘goodie bag’ containing a number of different leaflets with information signposting people to a variety of support organisations working with people with dementia.

The event also saw the re-launch Warwickshire’s refreshed Living Well with Dementia Strategy 2016 – 2019; a copy of the Strategy is available on Warwickshire County Council’s website: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/dementiastrategy.

Continued promotion and delivery of Dementia Friends information sessions will form part of the Strategy’s delivery plan. There are currently approximately 11,500 Dementia Friends in Warwickshire and our aim is to increase the number of Dementia Friends in the county to at least 30,000 in the next four years.

Dementia Friends is a national initiative run by the Alzheimer’s Society focused around raising awareness of dementia and to help build dementia-friendly communities. Becoming a dementia friend is about understanding a bit more about dementia and the small things that can help people with the condition. You don’t need to already know someone with dementia to become a dementia friend.

You can find the nearest Dementia Friends information session by visiting: www.dementiafriends.org.uk

Please see below some photos from the event.

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Contact: dementiapartnership@warwickshire.gov.uk

 

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What’s on Warwickshire’s Dementia Support and Services Event on 20th May

19 Thursday May 2016

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What’s on at the Dementia Support and Services Event

Friday 20th May 2016 – 10am – 3pm

Newtown Centre, Newtown Rd, Nuneaton, CV11 4HG

As part of Dementia Awareness Week from 15th – 21st May, Warwickshire County Council will be holding a free event to showcase the support services available to people living with Dementia in Warwickshire. Everyone is welcome, but particularly people living with dementia, including family and carers from across Warwickshire.

Meet with over 20 support services at the event including Age UK Warwickshire, Alzheimer’s Society Warwickshire, Coventry and Warwickshire Dementia Action Alliance, Fitter Futures Warwickshire and more. You can visit the stands at any time between 10am – 3pm.

Please see below schedule of information sessions which will take place at the event. Please book your place at the sessions when you arrive, places are available on a first come, first served basis.

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Download the poster – please display the poster and help promote this event within your community.

For more information call 01926 413 751 or email dementiapartnership@warwickshire.gov.uk

We are looking forward to seeing you at the event!

 

 

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Dementia Awareness Week 2016 Warwickshire

12 Thursday May 2016

Posted by livingwellwithdementiacovandwarks in alzheimer's, Carers, community support, dementia, Dementia Cafe, Dementia Portal, Diagnosis, General, Health, Information, Memory, News, Older People, Practitioners, Providers, Social Care, Support, Uncategorized, Warwickshire

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Warwickshire will celebrate  this year’s Dementia Awareness Week by facilitating a Dementia Support and Services Event on

Friday 20th May 2016
Newtown Centre
Newtown Rd
Nuneaton
CV11 4HG
Drop in anytime from 10am to 3pm

As part of Dementia Awareness Week from 15th – 21st May, Warwickshire County Council will be holding a free event to showcase the support services available to people living with Dementia in Warwickshire. Everyone is welcome, but particularly people living with dementia, including family and carers from across Warwickshire.

  • Find out about local support and services by visiting stands from a range of services
  • Free taster sessions
  • Free goody bag
  • Meet new people
  • Enjoy free refreshments
  • Opportunity to become a Dementia Friend
  • Free car parking and location near the bus station
  • Demonstrations of the Living Well with Dementia Portal

More information about stands and taster sessions is available on the Living Well with Dementia Portal: www.livingwellwithdementia.org

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You can request a copy of the poster from Warwickshire County Council to help promote this event within your community  by emailing dementiapartnership@warwickshire.gov.uk

For more information call 01926 413 751 or email dementiapartnership@warwickshire.gov.uk

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