Living Well With Dementia Scotland

It is time for a rethink on the living well with dementia narrative and marketing to living as best as we can.

Living well with dementia scotland.

If we truly listen and support people to feel empowered and to share what matters to them then all of us can live as best we can. In the early stages of dementia you may be able to live at home continuing to enjoy doing the things you have always done and having an active social life. If you have been diagnosed with dementia or you are caring for someone with the condition remember that there is advice and support available to help you live well. A practical guide for carers external understanding dementia.

Call our freephone 24 hour dementia helpline. A guide for carers. Learning disability and dementia. This is scotland s third national dementia strategy.

A carers guide to creating a dementia friendly home. However people are not just living longer. A guide for employers in scotland. This means that we all get to spend more time with our loved ones.

If you d like to talk to someone for further support contact our freephone 24 hour dementia helpline. We share alzheimer scotland s vision where people with dementia and those who care for them have access to timely skilled and well coordinated support from diagnosis to end of life which helps achieve the outcomes that matter to them. With the right care information and support when you need it many people can and do live well with dementia for several years. Alzheimer scotland action on dementia is a company limited by guarantee registered in scotland 149069.

Benefits for people living with dementia. Download our living well with dementia resource. It was written with the help of people diagnosed with dementia. Deafness and dementia in scotland putting numbers on the map.

Living well with early stage dementia. Living well with dementia external younger people with dementia. When you need extra help and support. If you need help don t be afraid to ask for it from family and friends professionals such as doctors nurses and social workers and charities like alzheimer scotland.

Read more about living well with dementia in alzheimer s society s dementia guide. Healthy living and dementia. Living well with dementia. They are living longer with more.

Thomas monaghan our portfolio lead discusses our living and dying well with frailty collaborative people in scotland are living longer than ever before which is to be celebrated. Caring for someone with early stage dementia. Living well with your diagnosis external coping with dementia. Living well after diagnosis.