Showing posts with label Memory Cafe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Memory Cafe. Show all posts

Friday, 3 February 2012

Providing best service possible to dementia sufferers

IT IS predicted that, in 2025, 2,975 people in North East Lincolnshire will be living with dementia. Health reporter Katie Blackburn spoke to organisations trying to help...


SOCIALISING is a key aspect in providing dementia sufferers with a positive mind – and five memory cafes are currently doing just that.

HAPPY TO HELP: North East Lincolnshire dementia support workers, from left, Emily Cross, Sarah Martin and Lynn Guyver, from the Alzheimer's Society.


Staff from the Alzheimer's Society in North and North East Lincolnshire run the cafes in Grimsby, Immingham and Cleethorpes on a regular basis.

They aim to bring sufferers together along with their carers in an environment which engages them in activities while they can obtain advice and support.