I just came back from a 'review' of my mum's care in her fabulous home in the north-west. I mentioned to the care home manager and to mum's named carer that I got a lot of comfort and advice from Talking Point and suggested they recommended it to other relatives. They had never heard of it which somewhat astounded me as they are a very ' on the ball' home. Should/can the Alzheimers Society do a PR blitz to care homes (there must be a database of them).They could send out e-flyers, hard copy flyers, posters, info for homes' newsletters, open days etc. I would be happy to volunteer to help to do this if someone could point me to the powers that be at the AS (I do quite a lot of PR in my current job in African music promotion.... hey how different can it be for Talking Point ?!!!). Or maybe the Society does this routinely and my mum's home just isn't on their list. Given the support we all find at TP, it would be sad if other potential members were missing out because of a gap in the AS' public relations machine...
Just a thought ...
love, Sarah C
Just a thought ...
love, Sarah C