Help for those caring for someone with dementia

It will help to increase the understanding of the general public and help carers, friends and family who are living with a loved one who has dementia.

Everyone is very welcome to attend, to hear the professional speakers and to benefit from a question and answer session at the end of each session.

The programme will be held each week in Laganview Conference Centre at Lagan Valley Hospital from 7pm – 8.30pm.

On February 16, Dr Joseph Kane will speak on ‘What is Dementia?’

On February 23 ‘Challenges of Dementia’ will be the theme for Consultant Psychologist Brenda Carney Gallagher.

Then on March 1 a Legal and Financial Information evening will take place with Valerie Martin, Office of Care and Protection.

Before that, on February 15 there will be a Drop In Memory Information and Education Clinic.

These operate on the first Wednesday of each month from 2pm – 4pm at Lagan Valley Hospital, in the old Department of Psychiatry. There is a drop-in resource for carers and people diagnosed with dementia to ask any questions they may have and to get information and advice straightaway.

No appointment is necessary and the clinic will be staffed by two health professionals and Charlotte Moore, Dementia Support Worker from the Alzheimer’s Society.