Living Well With Dementia Scotland

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Living well with dementia scotland.

Living well with your diagnosis external coping with dementia. Dementia and the workplace. When you need extra help and support. Benefits for people living with dementia.

Living well with dementia. Living well after diagnosis. If your gp or psychiatrist has told you that you have dementia then nhs health scotland s living well with dementia booklet pdf will help you understand more about your illness how to cope with your symptoms and plan for your future. However people are not just living longer.

If you d like to talk to someone for further support contact our freephone 24 hour dementia helpline. A carers guide to creating a dementia friendly home. 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. 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.

Call our freephone 24 hour dementia helpline. Alzheimer scotland action on dementia is a company limited by guarantee registered in scotland 149069. This is scotland s third national dementia strategy. Download our living well with dementia resource.

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. 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. It was written with the help of people diagnosed with dementia. Caring for someone with early stage dementia.

With the right care information and support when you need it many people can and do live well with dementia for several years. Dementia can affect all aspects of a person s life as well as their family s. 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. It is time for a rethink on the living well with dementia narrative and marketing to living as best as we can.

A guide for employers in 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. They are living longer with more. A guide for carers.

Deafness and dementia in scotland putting numbers on the map. A practical guide for carers external understanding dementia. This means that we all get to spend more time with our loved ones. Living well with early stage dementia.