TIME FOR TEA
KINGSBRIDGE DEMENTIA FRIENDLY COMMUNITY Supporting People living with Dementia and their Friends and Family
Why do we need a Dementia Friendly Community? Imagine that the brain is a collection of thousands of fairy lights, each representing a memory, a skill or a function of the brain. Now imagine that dementia is causing some of those lights to flicker, dim or switch off completely. For each person this will happen in a different order and different ‘lights’ will be affected. As dementia progresses brain function is
reduced and can affect movement, memory, vision, communication or any of our senses and the need for care increases putting additional demands on family and friends. The Kingsbridge Dementia Friendly Community wants to support everyone living with dementia - that does not only mean the people with dementia, but also close friends, family and carers who are also ‘living with’ dementia. Creating dementia friendly communities is a social
action initiative led by The Alzheimer’s Society. The goal is to raise awareness of dementia and help people living with dementia to feel part of their community.
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Working to Become Dementia Friendly 2019-2020 The Alzheimer’s Society has awarded our group official recognition of “Working to become Dementia Friendly 2019-2020”. This achievement means that our group is continuing to meet the Alzheimer’s Society criteria to take action in a variety of ways across our community. We can also award ‘Working to become Dementia Friendly’ status to any groups, businesses and organisations who commit to working with us on our action plan. In December we awarded the Working to Become
Dementia Friendly 2019-2020 status to Chivelstone Church. The church leaders worked with us to implement a dementia friendly action plan for the church. The church held a dementia friend session for the congregation in November 2018 and they have committed to taking several small ongoing actions to ensure that they are working to be dementia friendly. We would like to award the “Working to Become
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Dementia Friendly 2019-2020 to more organisations and businesses. If you would like to find out more and arrange for one of our dementia friend champions to work with you please contact us.
TIME FOR TEA Last Friday of every month
115 Fore Street, Kingsbridge
2pm - 4pm Activities 115
Take a break & join us for a cup of tea and a chat.
Find out more about how we are raising awareness of dementia and what we are doing to support people living with dementia to live well.
Time for Tea Time for Tea is our monthly meeting. It is an opportunity for anyone who is interested in finding out more about dementia to meet some of our volunteers. Anyone is welcome to attend whether they are living with dementia, diagnosed with dementia or simply wanting to have a chat. The next two meetings are on Friday 28 February and Friday 27 March from 2pm to 4pm. We will be meeting at the Activities 115 premises at 115 Fore Street.
Please contact us at: 01548 288 008
info@kingsbridgedementia.co.uk www.kingsbridgedementia.co.uk
@kingsbridgedementia @KBdementia
info@kingsbridgedementia.co.uk, by telephoning Rebecca on 01548 288008 or drop in to our monthly meeting “Time for Tea” at 115 Fore Street, Kingsbridge.
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