Skip to Main Content Skip to Site Map Skip to Accessibility Statement

Search Results for: dementia

Memory / Dementia Service

...and support: Visit www.dementiani.org or call Dementia NI on 028 9693 1555 Dementia UK has a free Helpline 0800 888 6678 open 9am-9pm Monday to Friday and 9am-5pm...

Virtual bus helping staff to better understand dementia

Staff at Daisy Hill and Craigavon Area Hospital have been experiencing what it is like to live with dementia by climbing on board a virtual ‘dementia bus’. Almost...

Dementia companion in the running for national award

A Dementia companion in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust has been nominated for a national award for her tireless work helping patients living with dementia. Mary...

Companions introduced to help dementia patients

...four Dementia Companions as part of our ongoing efforts to offer additional support for this group of patients. As part of Dementia Action Week (17-23 May), we want...

Trust Dementia companion scoops national award

A dementia companion in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust has won a national award for her tireless work helping patients living with dementia. Mary Jackson was...

Knitters Wanted! Call to support dementia patients

The Southern Trust is calling on local knitters and knitting groups to support dementia patients. According to the Alzheimer’s Society there are around 850,000 people in the UK...

Tour bus gives staff and carers ‘virtual experience’ of living with dementia

Staff and carers have been experiencing what it is like to live with dementia by climbing on board a virtual ‘dementia bus’. The bus toured Bluestone, Craigavon, Daisy...

Trust Board recommends specialist inpatient dementia unit

The Board of The Southern Health and Social Care Trust have today (March 30) recommended the creation of an inpatient dementia unit at the Bluestone Mental Health unit,...

Inpatient Dementia Services public consultation launch

The Southern Health and Social Care Trust has launched a three month public consultation on the future provision of Inpatient Dementia Services in the Trust area. The proposed...

Learning Disability Dementia service

The Learning Disability Dementia service aim is to co-ordinate dementia screening and assessment for those adults with a learning disability in the Trust who present with a change...

Hear Our Voice

...and Dementia NI teamed up with people living with Dementia to coproduce ‘Hear Our Voice’. It gives viewers a glimpse into the lives of those living with dementia,...

Purple Heart Project launched in Emergency Departments

...part of the project, the ED team engaged with Dementia NI on how they can support dementia patients in ED. “As their journey continues through ED, we support...