Hello everyone.
I work in a dementia specialist care home. Part of my job involves supporting the relatives of our residents.
I currently run a monthly memory café, which involves a guest speaker covering a variety of topics that helps to support our resident's spouse, partner, children and friends.
I have exhausted my list of contacts and ideas and I am looking for new avenues. To give you an idea, I have run the following sessions:
- Admiral nurse (x2 sessions) to signpost to local services and internal support in the home
- dementia medical details talk from specialist nurse, exploring different types, what happens to the brain, how it affects you etc
- dementia friends workshop run by Alzheimer's society
- legal matters talk with local solicitors and funeral directors e.g. funeral plans, powers of attorney, next of kin, wills etc
- Carers UK support group sharing experiences and 'getting it off your chest'.
I am looking for some new ideas - what would you like to see if you attended a memory café?
thank you
I work in a dementia specialist care home. Part of my job involves supporting the relatives of our residents.
I currently run a monthly memory café, which involves a guest speaker covering a variety of topics that helps to support our resident's spouse, partner, children and friends.
I have exhausted my list of contacts and ideas and I am looking for new avenues. To give you an idea, I have run the following sessions:
- Admiral nurse (x2 sessions) to signpost to local services and internal support in the home
- dementia medical details talk from specialist nurse, exploring different types, what happens to the brain, how it affects you etc
- dementia friends workshop run by Alzheimer's society
- legal matters talk with local solicitors and funeral directors e.g. funeral plans, powers of attorney, next of kin, wills etc
- Carers UK support group sharing experiences and 'getting it off your chest'.
I am looking for some new ideas - what would you like to see if you attended a memory café?
thank you