Links
Useful local and national websites – in alphabetical order:
- Active Minds
www.active-minds.co.uk
Offers a range of products to stimulate and engage people with dementia - AgeUK Wiltshire
www.ageuk.org.uk/wiltshire
Wiltshire website of the country’s leading charity for older people - Alzheimers Research UK
www.alzheimersresearchuk.org
Funds world-class research into ways to cure, prevent or treat dementia - Alzheimer’s Society
www.alzheimers.org.uk
Offers a wide range of factsheets, studies, national news, discussion forums, advice and sources of support - At Dementia
www.atdementia.org.uk
Brings together a range of assistive technologies that can enhance independence and leisure options for people living with dementia - Avon and Wiltshire Partnership
www.awp.nhs.uk
Information about community mental health services, including memory clinics, in Wiltshire - Carer Support Wiltshire
www.carersinwiltshire.co.uk
Practical help and advice for carers in Wiltshire - Counsel and Care
www.counselandcare.org.uk
Advice and information for older people, families and carers. Campaigns nationally on social care issues - Dementia Gateway
www.scie.org.uk/publications/dementia
Offers high quality information, video and training programmes for professionals and family carers alike. Produced by the Social Care Institute of Excellence - Dementia Web
www.dementiaweb.org.uk
Resources, support, advice and information for people living with dementia and their carers. - Innovations in Dementia
www.innovationsindementia.org.uk
Works collaboratively with people with dementia and professionals to develop new products and projects to enhance life for people with dementia. - Living With it Graciously
www.dementiaLivingwithitgraciously.blogspot.com
On-line journal by American woman caring for her husband with Lewy Body dementia - National Dementia Strategy website
www.dementia.dh.gov.uk
The latest national policies and research findings, plus Alistair Burns' dementia blog - Research Institute for the Care of Older People (RICE)
www.rice.org.uk
Internationally renowned dementia research centre and memory clinic in Bath. Wiltshire patients can be referred by their GP or self-refer for diagnosis and clinical trials - Selwood Housing
www.selwoodhousing.com
Piloting free Telecare for people with dementia in West Wiltshire - South west Dementia Partnership
www.southwestdementiapartnership.org.uk
Information about how the national dementia strategy is being implemented in the south west, especially in acute hospitals - Wiltshire Council
www.wiltshire.gov.uk
The Community services department offers a wide range of services and benefits for people with dementia and family carers
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