Creative Spaces - dementia and environment

Dementia Uncovered - free workshops

Do you want to find out more about dementia?

Are you looking for support?

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Discover new ways to cope with dementia

Until recently, dementia was little understood, but things are changing and there is more awareness now of the disease in the care professions and in the community. There is more understanding and more support available than ever before.

6th and 7th August, 2010
9.30am – 1pm
Conference Room, Polkyth Leisure Centre, St Austell

Further information

There are currently around 8,000 people with dementia living in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and this is expected to rise to over 13,000 in the next 15 years. It is an illness that affects families, and friends and can also have an impact on other people living and working in the neighbourhood.

Understanding more about dementia and its impact on communities and learning some straightforward techniques for engaging people with dementia, can make a big difference to more than one person’s life. It can help people in their work environment as well as in their neighbourhood.

Sensory Trust and Cornwall Care are holding a FREE workshop at Polkyth Leisure Centre on Friday 6th August to help service providers in St Austell understand more about dementia and the people it affects. This workshop will provide an opportunity for people to come together to talk about problems and ideas and hopefully find some answers or begin to take steps towards solutions.

As the number of people with dementia will increase over the next decade, more people with dementia will remain living in the community, being supported at home. Service providers as diverse as council workers, shop staff, emergency services, meter readers and postal workers will increasingly come into contact with people with dementia. Service providers can learn more about this illness at this workshop and discover how to communicate with people with dementia and support those who care for them.

We are also running a second workshop on Saturday 7th August for anyone who knows someone with dementia, or cares for someone with dementia at home or in a healthcare setting. Information on advice and support for people affected by dementia will be provided along with some creative activities to help provide a good quality of life.

Both workshops are half a day (10am – 1pm) and will cover:

An introduction to dementia
Ways to connect with people with dementia in work and social situations
Dementia in the wider community
Creative activities you can do to help people with dementia lead a better life

Sessions will be run by Cornwall Care, and the Sensory Trust. Further speakers will be confirmed shortly.

A free buffet lunch will be provided at the end of each workshop, at 1pm. All are welcome to stay and take this opportunity to chat with the speakers and other attendees about any issues or ideas that they have.

A schedule of the day will be sent out when a booking is made.

Please note there are 30 spaces available on each day so please book early if you would like to come along.

Further information can be obtained from the Sensory Trust. Please phone on 01726 222900 and ask for Wendy Brewin or Vicky Hutchinson or email: wbrewin@sensorytrust.org.uk

Feel free to forward this information on to other people you feel may be interested in these workshops.

Supported by:

Big Lottery

Creative Spaces - dementia and environment

Dementia Uncovered - free workshops

Discover new ways to cope with dementia

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