DementiaRoadmap
Promoting living well with dementia across Scotland
Dementia support workers
Post Diagnostic Dementia Support Workers can provide five key pillars of post-diagnostic support, flexible to suit your needs following a diagnosis of dementia.
This includes:
- help to understand the illness and manage your symptoms
- support to keep up your community connections and make new ones
- peer support – the chance to meet other people with dementia and their partners and families
- help to plan for future decision-making help to plan for your future support.
For more information please contact:
Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Resource Centre
6-8 Miller Street
Clydebank
G81 1UQ
Tel: 0141 410 5306
Information
Services
Information
- Stress and DementiaInformation about the link between stress and dementia
- How living with dementia could beThis short animated video highlights how living with dementia could be through the 'well pathway for dementia'. It shows the importance of a holistic partnership approach to supporting the person with dementia, their families and carers within local community settings.
- Joint declaration on post-diagnostic dementia care and supportThis joint declaration signed by signatories across government, health, social care and the third sector sets out a shared commitment to deliver good quality post-diagnostic dementia care.
- Ten tips for communicating with a person with dementiaThese top tips produced by the Family Caregiver Alliance will help practitioners and those caring for a person with dementia to improve communication skills and ability to handle the difficult behaviour.
Services
- Older Adults Mental Health Team – West DunbartonshireOlder People’s Community Mental Health team serving West Dunbartonshire and the surrounding area. Service supports people with mental health needs including memory problems and dementia.
- SDS HandbookWe link national policy and local experience to improve the implementation of Self-directed Support0131 475 2623https://handbook.scot/
- Self Directed Support ScotlandWe link national policy and local experience to improve the implementation of Self-directed Support.0131 475 2623https://www.sdsscotland.org.uk/
- Personal Assistants Network ScotlandPANS is a unique kind of community. One created by PAs, for PAs, and a place to share your experiences, access valuable resources, and find job opportunities.01563 594 217https://panetworkscotland.org.uk/
- Alzheimer’s Society – Keeping Safe At HomeAt Alzheimer’s Society we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. We do this by giving help to those living with dementia today, and providing hope for the future.0333 150 3456https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/get-support/staying-independent/keeping-safe-home
- Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Link Worker – West DunbartonshireIf you have been recently assessed as having dementia, you are entitled to one year post diagnostic support from a Dementia Link WorkerDementia Resource Centre, Clydebank, UK07876 208898