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South East Water Priority list: Please see attached information from SE water on the priority list, they are keen to make sure people are signed up if eligible, please contact the customer service number if you need more information, this is on the document.
Understanding dementia(an online event) - Wednesday, 1st September 2021 - 2:00pm to 3:30pmJoin us to hear Dr Nori Graham cover a number of topics to help you understand what it might be like to live with dementia.Heather View is pleased to welcome dementia specialist Dr Nori Graham, who will be covering a number of topics to help you understand what it might be like to live with dementia, as well as offering some practical advice on the following:
Understand what dementia is and how memories are lost Learn about language changes and overcome communication barriers
Discover positive approaches to living with dementia
Time for Dementia
Local families affected by dementia are being invited to take part in an award-winning programme, to help train the healthcare professionals of tomorrow and improve dementia care.
The Time for Dementia project, supported by Alzheimer’s Society, pairs families affected by dementia with undergraduate students, helping to better educate them about life with dementia and the challenges that come with it.
From September, Brighton and Sussex Medical School medical students will be taking part and Alzheimer’s Society are now seeking families in the area who want to make a difference to training health professionals. Time for Dementia is a fantastic way for the next generation of healthcare professionals to gain first-hand knowledge of what it’s like living with dementia.
If you would like to know more about the project, or you know someone with dementia and a family carer who would like to take part, please get in touch with us at timefordementia@alzheimers.org.uk or call 07483 137539. More information can also be found at alzheimers.org.uk/timefordementia
Online weekly peer support groups: Dementia Advocacy are supporting people nationally, providing a space for people with dementia to come together on a weekly basis using zoom to connect, to chat, laugh and cry together, providing essential peer support and advice using their valuable lived experience. To find out more please use this link or contact Aimee directly. Also if you are interested in setting up your own online support groups please contact Aimee and she is more than happy to give you some advice and guidanceAbout Me | ADadvocacy dementia consultancy (dementiaadvocacy.co.uk)
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Singing Down Memory Lane
will be starting up again, in person in the Bagnall Room (Bexhill Caring Community 25 Sackville Road Bexhill-on-Sea) every fortnight with the first one scheduled for Tuesday 7th September. 10.30am - 12.30pm price £3 entry (carers free) includes tea/biscuits and raffle ticket.
To book a place call 07939147289
Thank you for taking the time to read through the above information.
Caroline Aherne
Bexhill Dementia Action Alliance
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