BECOMING A DEMENTIA FRIENDLY PARISH

At St Mary's we are striving to become a dementia friendly parish.   We hold Exercise classes that are suited to both those with dementia and the elderly,  and a monthly afternoon tea and singalong

Our Dementia Friends Ambassador is Mary Monkhouse

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The Herbert Protocol is a form that carers, family or friends of a vulnerable person can fill in. 

It is particularly useful for people caring for someone living with dementia.

Keeping a completed form reduces the worry of trying to remember the information when someone goes missing.

To learn more about the Herbert Protocol, and to download a form to fill in visit

https://www.merseyside.police.uk/notices/af/herbert-protocol/

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Dementia Action Week Event at St Mary’s.

On Friday 24th May the Parish hosted a Free Market Place of Information and Services for people living with dementia and their carers. It was a great success, with some twenty organisations providing vital information for people living with dementia and their carers/ families. 

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We welcomed visitors not only from the local community, but also from across the city.

A huge thank you to all the volunteers who so kindly gave of their time and resources over months of planning to make this event happen.

A special thank you goes to Ruth Eley - Chairperson of Liverpool Dementia Action Alliance, who gave a very informative talk. 

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LIVING WELL WITH DEMENTIA - DEMENTIA AWARENESS SESSION:

We had a wonderful turnout on the evening of Monday the 3rd September for the presentation/talk by dementia specialist nurse Serena Jones.

More than eighty people \ttended from all areas of our local community, the session proved very informative and enjoyable. The feedback has been extremely positive and we will continue in our efforts to become a ‘Dementia Friendly Parish.’

For those who could not attend, a copy of the presentation is available just click here.

In the first group exercise attendees were asked to list as many words as they could that they associated with dementia. Most words represented symptoms or were negatives. Serena stressed the importance of changing each negative into a positive.
The piece of string exercise focused on the no of steps required in making a cup of tea - which we do without realising them. Attendees were then asked to think what happened if one of these steps is missed....

Walking in another's shoes focused on showing how sensory issues whether sight or touch/dexterity can make tasks harder.  (Gloves and glasses that blocked most of the vision allowed attendees to experience some of these)

Thank you to Serena Jones for sharing her time and expertise with us and to Sheila Nimmo, who worked tirelessly in preparing information packs for people to take away and to ensure the evening, was a complete success.

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A promotional video showing the work of the Museum of Liverpool in improving dementia awareness and care.

The museum runs courses regularly. If you would like to attend a course visit 

houseofmemories.co.uk/dementia-training/dementia-awareness-workshops/

  1. Sources of Support
  2. A look at Vascular Dementia
  3. Scouts Unite against Dementia
  4. Thank you from Dementia Friends

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