A Dementia Friendly Royal Borough project aiming to bring everything under one roof to offer support to the dementia community was officially launched last week. Steve Sansom, Age UK Berkshire Dementia Friendly co-ordinator for the Royal Borough who is leading the project explained that there are about 2,700 people living with the condition in the Royal Borough and this figure is ‘set to keep growing’. Visitors spent time networking at the event and also took part in a dementia quiz. Guest speaker Pam Warren, a lead volunteer for Alzheimers Dementia Support also delivered a talk about the experience of being a carer for someone living with dementia. Discussions on best practice concerning issues facing the dementia community in the Royal Borough in the next five years also took place.

Source: Express October 20, 2023 08:47 UTC