Advice and support on offer during Dementia Awareness Week
A Dementia Friends Roadshow will be held in Staveley in Chesterfield on Monday 16th May to help promote understanding, raise awareness and create as many Dementia Friends as possible.
The event is part of a series of information sessions taking place across Derbyshire in support of Dementia Awareness Week which runs from the 15 to 21 May 2016.
Around 10,600 people aged over 65 are estimated to have dementia in Derbyshire − a number that is expected to double by 2030.
Derbyshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care Councillor Paul Smith said:
“In Derbyshire the number of people with dementia is higher than the national average and with an ageing population, that number is set to rise.
“That’s why it’s important we do all we can to provide support, advice and information to people and help those with the condition to live safely and well.”
The Dementia Friends Roadshow takes place on Monday 16 May 2016 from 10am to noon at The Staveley Centre, Calver Cresent, Middlecroft. For more information please see http://www.chesterfield.co.uk/events/dementia-friends-roadshow/.
Derbyshire County Council also funds a dementia support service run by the Alzheimer’s Society to help people with dementia and their carers to access information, help and advice.
The service also organises memory cafés, information programmes for carers and ‘singing for the brain’ sessions in various locations across Derbyshire.
Residents can get in touch with the dementia support service, tel: 01246 223366 or find out more information about dementia and council-run support services.
