Information and Support
If you are worried, or notice some changes with your memory, behaviour
or mobility, or such changes with a friend or family member,
you can find out what dementia is and what causes it,
by calling in to our cafe and picking up some leaflets.
There is a variety of websites and support groups that can help too,
here are links to some of them:
Sheffield Dementia Information Pack
Sheffield Dementia Involvement Group (SHINDIG)
Disability Sheffield - Centre for Independent Living
Heeley City Farm - Frontotemporal Dementia Carers Group
Lewy Body Dementia Association
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
There are several rarer types of dementia,
this link will provide information about the following -
Corticibasal degeneration (CBD), Huntington's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Niemann-Pick Disease,
Normal pressure hydrocephalus, Posterior cortical atrophy, Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP).
Other websites include:
Rare Dementia Support Huntington's Disease Association MS Society Parkinson's UK
If you and/or your organisation wants to support people living with dementia, take a look here:
Sheffield Dementia Action Alliance Dementia Friends
If you're looking for homecare or for residential care in Sheffield, take a look at these links:
Serenta Homecare Sheffcare Carehome.co.uk Homeinstead.co.uk
There are also a number of free online training and courses to try:
Dementia: Understanding and managing challenging behaviour
Dementia care: Staying connected and living well
Living with Dementia: Impact on Individuals, Caregivers, Communities and Societies