Do you suffer from Dementia, have a friend or relative that suffers from dementia, support somebody who suffers from dementia? There is a wide range of support for dementia sufferers and their carers. The agencies that provide support are working together more than ever to provide a holistic approach to dementia care.
Are you able to give your time to help those with dementia? Schemes such as Alzheimer Society’s Dementia Friends and Carers’ Support’s Dementia Visitors Scheme provide training for those providing help and support for those with dementia.
- By 2015 there will be 850,000 people with dementia in the UK.
There are 40,000 younger people with dementia in the UK.
There will be 1 million people with dementia in the UK by 2025.
Two thirds of people with dementia are women.
The proportion of people with dementia doubles for every five-year age group.
One in six people aged 80 and over have dementia.
60,000 deaths a year are directly attributable to dementia.
Below are contact details for some of those agencies:
Alzheimer’s Society
Ashford & Shepway Office
Offices 3 & 4, Lemanis House, Stone Street, Lympne, Hythe, Kent, CT21 4JN
Telephone: 08450 405 919
Email: ashford-shepway@alzheimers.org.uk
Age UK Ashford
Joe Fagg Pop-In Social Centre, St. Johns Lane, Town Centre, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1QD
The Eldercare Centre, Stanhope Road, ASHFORD, TN23 5RF
Telephone: 01233 668765 – press 1 for The Pop Inn Centre or press 2 for the Eldercare Centre
Email: ageukashford.org@gmail.com
Carers’ Support – Ashford, Shepway and Swale
Norman House, Beaver Business Park, Beaver Road, Ashford Kent, TN23 7SH
Telephone: 01233 664393
E:mail: admin@carers-ashford.org.uk
Dementia Friends
Telephone: 01245 454319 for urgent enquiries
East Kent Dementia Visitor Scheme
Carers’ Support -Canterbury, Dover & Thanet
80 Middle Street, Deal, Kent, CT14 6HL
Tel:01304 364637
E-mail: support@carers-doverdistrict.org