An independent charity providing practical services to people living at home with dementia and to their family carers. We provide services to people with or without a diagnosis of dementia.
Call 01225 776481 or complete a referral form.
We employ more than 40 trained support workers who spend time with the person with dementia at home or out and about in the community.
Call 01225 776481 or complete a referral form.
Our day clubs provide companionship, social stimulation and a break for carers. Our four clubs offer activities and enjoyment across seven days each week.
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Singing for the Brain groups, Alzheimer cafés and our new Movement for the Mind group provide activities for family members to enjoy together.
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The Alzheimer Café movement was started in Holland by Old Age Clinical Psychologist Dr Bére Miesen.
In the course of his work with families living with dementia, Dr Miesen had noticed that talking about the condition, even between partners or within a family, was often taboo. He thought that it would be good if all those involved could meet each other in a ‘relaxed forum’ to exchange experiences and to talk about dementia. There would then be a place where people could share their experiences and emotions.
He decided to call this environment a café - a term associated with socialising and relaxation. At Dr Miesen’s first café meeting there were 20 people; by the third month the visitors had grown to 80. Alzheimer Cafés are now opening throughout Europe.
We run two cafes where guests can:
find out more about dementia in a relaxed informal atmosphereOur cafés are funded by Wiltshire Council and supported by clinicians from the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership. A memory nurse and clinical pyschologist are usually present, as well as Alzheimer's Support staff and volunteers.
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East Wilts café
West Wilts café
We rely on donations to fund our work. This year we need to raise £190,000 to maintain our services
