• Business
  • Community
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Blog
  • Subscribe
  • Contact
Search
  • Listen or translate
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
  • Business
  • Community
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Blog
  • Subscribe
  • Contact
Home Health and wellbeing Living Well with Dementia roadshow in Bradley Stoke
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Newsroom Email

Living Well with Dementia roadshow in Bradley Stoke

By
Editor
-
10th April 2018
0
954
Share on Facebook
Tweet on Twitter

Residents in South Gloucestershire who have recently been diagnosed with dementia and their family, carers and friends are invited to a ‘Living Well with Dementia’ roadshow on 23 May.

The event, which is free to attend, will take place from 6pm until 8.30pm at Apple Room and Cherry Room, Baileys Court Activity Centre, Bradley Stoke, South Gloucestershire, BS32 8BH.

The roadshow will offer practical, emotional and health advice and is intended to provide people with the information they need to understand their diagnosis, find out what support is available to them and learn how to live well with dementia.

During the roadshow, experts will be on hand to answer questions and attendees will be able to take home a handy guide to all of the relevant services and support that’s available. There will also be talks about managing your affairs and all the help that’s on offer from Age UK, the Alzheimer’s Society and the Memory Service.

Cllr Ben Stokes, Cabinet Member for Adult Care in South Gloucestershire, said: “Have you, a family member, friend or neighbour living in South Gloucestershire recently been diagnosed with dementia? Please help us spread the word about our free Living Well with Dementia roadshow in Bradley Stoke on 23 May. The roadshow is also open to carers, families and professionals who support people living with dementia and visitors will find out about all of the support that is available and receive expert advice.
“A dementia diagnosis can leave the person with dementia and their family with lots of questions about what to expect and what they can do to plan for the future. These roadshows provide useful information to help answer these questions and provide reassurance that you’re not on your own.”

Dr David Soodeen, local GP and clinical lead for mental health at Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG, said: “People do not always experience dementia in the same way. We would encourage anyone who thinks they may have dementia to go to their GP as soon as possible. An early diagnosis means that we can start to help. As GPs, we can signpost to a wide range of support services in the community to improve quality of life.
“The roadshow event is designed to connect people with dementia and their families and friends with the services and support available. Finding the right support and meeting others going through a similar experience can make a huge difference, and this event will be a great way of achieving this.”

In feedback from previous roadshows, attendees commented that the best part of the event was:
“Learning about organisations I hadn’t known were available and about additional services available from organisations I did know of.”
“How it was aimed at patients and carers equally and covered feelings not just facts.”
“Expert speakers giving the whole picture of support.”
“The relaxed and informative way the whole afternoon was presented and the information available.”
“Talking face to face rather than over phone or through email/websites.”
“The best part was being made aware that you are not alone.”

The Living Well with Dementia roadshow is free, but places should be booked in advance by using one of the following methods:
Book online at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bradley-stoke-living-well-with-dementia-roadshow-2018-registration-38403782748
Email cchengagement@southglos.gov.uk
Phone 01454 862356.
For more information and details of future roadshows visit www.southglos.gov.uk/dementia

  • TAGS
  • dementia
SHARE
Facebook
Twitter
  • tweet
Previous articleDownend man prosecuted for failing to comply with Community Protection Notice
Next articleSouth Gloucestershire Council welcomes the announcement of a new Special Free School in Alveston
Editor

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

A little girl being swung by her grandparents

South Gloucestershire Prevention Programme gets the go ahead

We care in South Glos. Social care recruitment.

Recruitment events in Thornbury and Yate to encourage people to take up care work vacancies

Staff preparing the warm packs at South Gloucestershire Council's head office at Badminton Road in Yate.

Warm packs and additional support to help residents beat the winter chill this Christmas

Recent Posts
  • South Gloucestershire Council partnered project set to receive £4.7 million Live Labs 2 highways decarbonisation funding
  • Bristol man ordered to pay £1,600 for illegally transporting scrap metal in South Gloucestershire
  • Bristol woman fined over £700 for littering in South Gloucestershire
  • New North Filton rail station approved
  • South Gloucestershire Prevention Programme gets the go ahead
Categories
  • Business and economy
  • Chair
  • Children and Young People
  • Community
  • Digital inclusion
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Featured
  • Featured
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Housing
  • Leader's blog
  • Newsroom Email
  • Newsroom Email Featured
  • Transport

EDITOR PICKS

South Gloucestershire Council 2021/2022 Budget

Recover and Rise Budget will take forward council priorities and provide...

11th February 2021
Vehicles queuing for community surge testing for Covid-19 variant in Emersons Green

An update on surge testing in Bristol and South Gloucestershire

10th February 2021
Covid-19 Get Tested - community surge testing available - A mutation of the Covid-19 UK variant is present in parts of Bristol and South Gloucestershire. Everyone aged 16 or over without symptoms in eligible postcodes should get tested to help suppress this variant, and help protect their loved ones.

Two additional testing sites to open for community surge testing

9th February 2021

POPULAR POSTS

Vehicles queuing for community surge testing for Covid-19 variant in Emersons Green

Additional Community Testing for South Gloucestershire and Bristol

6th February 2021
Covid-19 Community surge testing

Further surge testing announced in South Gloucestershire

28th February 2021

First Covid-19 Community Testing Unit to open in South Gloucestershire at...

30th September 2020

POPULAR CATEGORY

  • Newsroom Email676
  • Community357
  • Environment209
  • Health and wellbeing187
  • Transport148
  • Business and economy141
  • Education127
  • Newsroom Email Featured47
  • Digital inclusion21
ABOUT US
FOLLOW US
©