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Dementia Friendly Surrey Liz Tracey

Dementia Friendly Surrey Liz Tracey. What carers and people with dementia have told us they want. Dementia Friendly Surrey Vision. A Dementia Friendly Surrey recognises and values the diversity among individuals with dementia and their carers,

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Dementia Friendly Surrey Liz Tracey

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  1. Dementia Friendly SurreyLiz Tracey

  2. What carers and people with dementia have told us they want

  3. Dementia Friendly Surrey Vision A Dementia Friendly Surrey • recognises and values the diversity among individuals with dementia and their carers, • empowers them to have a strong individual and collective voice with which to communicate their needs and preferences and is responsive to these, • makes sure they are safe both inside and outside their home, and • promotes their inclusion in all aspects of community life. Our thanks go to the University of Plymouth whose vision statement we have adapted.

  4. Becoming dementia friendly means...

  5. How do we get there? • Dementia Friendly Surrey Champions: • working to become more dementia-friendly, • encouraging others to do the same.

  6. Training • Free of charge training for community groups, businesses, and other organisations. • Understanding more about dementia, the challenges it brings and how we can help people with dementia in our community. • Small businesses and national/global organisations such as Sainsbury’s, Nationwide, NatWest and Barclays interested in training staff.

  7. Innovation Fund IT and cookery classes – partnership between care home and voluntary sector Bids for up to £5000. Closing date 30 September Dementia friendly gardens Arts classes for people with early onset/ in early stages Information sessions with BME populations Life story and reminiscence projects

  8. Community Awareness Campaign To challenge the myths surrounding dementia and help people understand how they can make life better for individuals with dementia in their community.

  9. Recognition scheme • A community (with an identified lead person) can register with the scheme. • That community can issue the recognition logo to any business or organisation that demonstrates how they will become more dementia-friendly. • Surrey is registered as a whole community.

  10. peer support • There are gaps in peer support across Surrey. Filling gaps: • Commissioning services. • Supporting care homes, churches, community groups, former carers, and others to establish local groups.

  11. Champions 15 individuals and 35 groups/organisations/services county wide. • Examples: • We have network links into the community, and to help bring people to the home, we would set up meetings to see the best way as a home we can work alongside other organisations • We have a large lounge area which we could set up workshops for carers and use it as a hub for external organisations and local people

  12. Benefits

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