Living Well With Dementia Scotland

A carers guide to creating a dementia friendly home.

Living well with dementia scotland.

They are living longer with more. Living well with dementia. 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. Caring for someone with early stage dementia.

Living well with your diagnosis external coping with dementia. 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 after diagnosis. A practical guide for carers external understanding dementia.

However people are not just living longer. Dementia can affect all aspects of a person s life as well as their family s. This means that we all get to spend more time with our loved ones. Read more about living well with dementia in alzheimer s society s dementia guide.

Dementia and the workplace. Download our living well with dementia resource. 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. When you need extra help and support.

Alzheimer scotland action on dementia is a company limited by guarantee registered in scotland 149069. 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. Benefits for people living with dementia. Living well with dementia external younger people with dementia.

A guide for carers. This is scotland s third national dementia strategy. Living well with early stage dementia. It is time for a rethink on the living well with dementia narrative and marketing to living as best as we can.

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. Healthy living and dementia. If you d like to talk to someone for further support contact our freephone 24 hour dementia helpline. With the right care information and support when you need it many people can and do live well with dementia for several years.

Thomas monaghan our portfolio lead discusses our living and dying well with frailty collaborative people in scotland are living longer than ever before which is to be celebrated. Learning disability and dementia. Call our freephone 24 hour dementia helpline. It was written with the help of people diagnosed with dementia.