Living Well With Dementia Scotland

Dementia can affect all aspects of a person s life as well as their family s.

Living well with dementia scotland.

It is time for a rethink on the living well with dementia narrative and marketing to living as best as we can. With the right care information and support when you need it many people can and do live well with dementia for several years. When you need extra help and support. Living well after diagnosis.

Alzheimer scotland action on dementia is a company limited by guarantee registered in scotland 149069. Dementia and the workplace. A guide for employers in scotland. Benefits for people living with dementia.

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. Learning disability and dementia. Living well with your diagnosis external coping with dementia.

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. This means that we all get to spend more time with our loved ones. 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. Download our living well with dementia resource.

A guide for carers. Call our freephone 24 hour dementia helpline. They are living longer with more. A carers guide to creating a dementia friendly home.

Deafness and dementia in scotland putting numbers on the map. Living well with dementia. However people are not just living longer. Read more about living well with dementia in alzheimer s society s dementia guide.

This is scotland s third national dementia strategy. 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. Healthy living and dementia. Caring for someone with early stage dementia.

Living well with dementia external younger people with dementia. If you d like to talk to someone for further support contact our freephone 24 hour dementia helpline. 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. Living well with early stage dementia.