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Coronavirus Special
17/04/20
In this document you will find a range of sources of support and ideas to help during this difficult
time of strict social distancing, self isolation and shielding. You can scroll through the whole
document, or use these links to jump to the sections most relevant to you. Please be aware that the
situation is constantly evolving, so some details may also change.
1. Sources of up-to-date-information
2. Explaining coronavirus to someone living with dementia
3. Direct support for people with dementia
4. Support for family carers
5. Dementia advice for professionals
6. Food delivery in Sheffield
7. Social contact
8. Mental health support
9. Activity ideas at home
10. Keeping active at home
11. Online reading
12. Online culture
13. Online music
14. Online sport
15. Wildlife webcams
16. Ideas from Sheffield dementia day centres and memory cafés
17. Organising an online group: Zoom
18. Domestic Abuse
1. Sources of up-to-date information
At this time it is particularly important to check that information that is being relayed is official and
accurate from trusted sources.
Gov.uk
https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
NHS England
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
Sheffield City Council
https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/your-city-council/coronavirus
Public Health Sheffieldhttps://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/your-city-council/coronavirus-public-health-messages 2. Explaining Coronavirus to someone living with dementia What is Covid19? A resource for people with aphasia (language impairment) Communication cards (in a variety of languages) to help explain coronavirus to people with a language impairment, including dementia. http://www.aphasiafriendly.co/covid-19-accessible-information.html Dementia: The Montessori way A free Covid-19 Information Toolkit has been produced to help people living with dementia to understand what is happening and why. It takes the form of a book, which has been written to give an overview of the basic facts and includes poster material to help with relaying and remembering them. It has been put together by Dementia: The Montessori Way and the information in it has come from government websites and literature. Lynne Phair, independent nurse consultant for Milford Care, said the book was evidence-based and would help care staff explain the pandemic to residents. www.dementiathemontessoriway.co.uk 3. Direct support for people with dementia Sheffield Memory Service The Memory Service has cancelled all face-to-face appointments for the foreseeable future. However, the Memory Service's Help and Advice line is still open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm for existing service users and carers, or for anyone who has recently been referred by their GP for assessment. If you have worries about dementia medication, or are concerned about your own or your loved ones memory, you've noticed a deterioration or just want some advice you can give the team a call on 0114 2718585. https://www.shsc.nhs.uk/coronavirus https://www.shsc.nhs.uk/service/memory-service Sheffield City Council: Covid-19 related concerns and enquiries For any questions relating to coronavirus, including support and food requests for those with no other support . 0114 273 4567 Monday to Friday, 8:45am – 4:45pm http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/your-city-council/coronavirus-support-for-people Sheffield City Council Coronavirus support – register for support Request help with social contact for those with no other support available http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/utilities/form/your-city-council/register-coronavirus-support Social Care Adult Social Care First Contact. Each case will be assessed on a case by case basis for formal care and support. 0114 273 4908 http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/your-city-council/coronavirus-support-for-people#social Age UK Sheffield
Support available from Age UK Sheffield during the coronavirus outbreak.
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/sheffield/about-us/helpful-resources/
Alzheimer’s Society
Free, easy to access advice which puts you in touch with the right support, from local help to phone
and online advice.
Dementia Connect: 0333 150 3456
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/dementiaconnect
Dementia Talking Point is the Alzheimer’s Society’s online community where people affected by
dementia can receive valuable support from people in similar situations.
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/get-support/dementia-talking-point-our-online-community
BAME Dementia and Covid-19
Meri Yaadain (My Memories), with contributions from the Alzheimer’s Society and BME Health &
Wellbeing, has produced some information leaflets for BAME Dementia families with important
information on how to stay safe and healthy in this difficult time. This includes downloadable leaflets
and posters below are aimed at carers and families.
http://www.meriyaadain.co.uk/2020/04/09/living-with-dementia-and-covid-19/
Benefits advice
Citizens Advice Sheffield and Sheffield Carers Centre are fully staffed and trained even during this
pandemic, and are able to deal with requests. They also have additional measures in place at this
time – for example Citizens Advice Sheffield can phone people back if callers are low on phone
credit.
• https://citizensadvicesheffield.org.uk/ - for contact details
• http://sheffieldcarers.org.uk/services/carer-advice-line/ - for contact details
Bereavement support
Support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies.
National helpline: 0808 808 1677
https://www.cruse.org.uk/
4. Support for family carers
Sheffield Carers Centre
Carer Advice line: 0114 272 8362
https://sheffieldcarers.org.uk/
Information for carers about coronavirus, including how to plan for if they become unwell.
https://sheffieldcarers.org.uk/information-for-carers-and-others-about-coronavirus-and-covid-19/
Time for a Break Fund – can be used at this time for items such as craft materials and technology.
https://sheffieldcarers.org.uk/time-for-a-break/
Government guidance for carers
Guidance for those who provide unpaid care to friends or family (published 8th April)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-providing-unpaid-
care/guidance-for-those-who-provide-unpaid-care-to-friends-or-family#content
Dementia UK: coronavirus-related information for families looking after someone with dementia
Advice about coronavirus, Q&As, leaflets and information (eg caring from a distance, calming
techniques, looking after yourself, dealing with restlessness, film suggestions for people living with
dementia).https://www.dementiauk.org/get-support/coronavirus-covid-19/
Admiral Nurse Dementia Helpline
A free phoneline for anyone with a question or concern about dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
This includes providing critical emotional and practical support to carers affected by the coronavirus.
• 0800 888 6678
• Monday to Friday: 9am to 9pm, Saturday to Sunday: 9am to 5pm
• helpline@dementiauk.org
• https://www.dementiauk.org/get-support/dementia-helpline-alzheimers-helpline/
Alzheimer’s Society
Coronavirus-related dementia information and activity ideas, including how to support people from
a distance and at home.
https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/coronavirus-covid-19
Carers UK
Online forum for carers.
https://www.carersuk.org/forum
TIDE dementia carers support page
Together In Dementia Everyday (TIDE) have set up a closed facebook page to support dementia
carers.
http://facebook.com/groups/tidecarerssupport
Healthwatch Sheffield
News, advice and health information relating to coronavirus.
https://www.healthwatchsheffield.co.uk/covid-19/
Avoiding scams: tips to protect yourself from coronavirus scammers
Age UK Sheffield has produced a helpful guide on how to easily identify a potential scam and protect
yourselves.
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/sheffield/about-us/helpful-resources/corona-virus-scams/
Dementia and Me: BBC dementia podcast
Hosted by BBC Radio Sheffield and Enrichment for the Elderly, this podcast gives an excellent insight
into living with and caring for someone living with dementia, along with hints and tips on how to live
well.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p07fsqj9
5. Dementia advice for professionals
Dementia Advice Sheffield
Anyone working (or volunteering) with people with dementia is welcome to contact Dementia
Advice Sheffield for tips and advice on how to continue supporting those individuals.
• Website: www.ageuk.org.uk/sheffield/our-services/dementia-advice-sheffield/
• Call: 0114 250 2875
• Email: dementiaadvice@ageuksheffield.org.uk
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DementiaAdviceSheffield/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/dementiaadshef @dementiaadshef
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dementiaadvicesheffield/
@dementiaadvicesheffieldOnline training is also being planned for workers around coping mechanisms and work-life balance during the pandemic, so get in touch with Dementia Advice Sheffield if you’re a professional who would be interested in this. Enrichment for the Elderly Grace at Enrichment for the Elderly has been collating and sending out daily tips for local dementia workers to send to people with dementia and their carers on ‘passing the time’. These have included wordsearches, jokes, colouring pages, mindfulness, poems, garden wildlife watching, making bunting, anagrams and much more. Grace has also been providing daily answers to questions from dementia workers, for example around conversations about bereavement. https://twitter.com/EnrichElderly/status/1240573703265583104 If you’re a professional who would like to receive these documents on a regular basis please contact Grace http://www.enrichmentfortheelderly.org/contact/ Northern Health & Social Care Trust: Supporting Carers and Care Staff A guide to understanding and responding to changes in behaviour in people with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes scenarios such as people with dementia asking to go home, feeling frightened because of PPE & people with dementia wanting to walk despite social distancing guidance. http://www.northerntrust.hscni.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Supporting-People-with- Dementia-During-Covid-19-NHSCT-final-1.pdf Dementia training resources Leeds Beckett University’s Centre for Dementia Research have developed a free online training hub for people working with or supporting people living with dementia during the COVID 19 pandemic. This will be particularly useful for volunteers, agency staff & those returning to work/practice. https://freedementiatraining.wordpress.com/ Foundations in Dementia training Foundations in Dementia is a free, online course on the FutureLearn platform that is now open for registrations. https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/dementia-awareness-training Dementia Network Resources from the Yorkshire & Humber Dementia Network including tips on supporting older people and people living with dementia during self-isolation. http://www.yhscn.nhs.uk/mental-health-clinic/Dementia.php Social Care Institute for Excellence Guidance and ideas on supporting people who are isolated or vulnerable during the COVID-19 crisis. https://www.scie.org.uk/care-providers/coronavirus-covid-19/support-for-isolated Guidance for care homes Coronavirus-related advice from the government for care homes. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file /878099/Admission_and_Care_of_Residents_during_COVID-19_Incident_in_a_Care_Home.pdf Guidance on home care Coronavirus-related advice from the government for home care provision. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-residential-care-supported-living-and- home-care-guidance/covid-19-guidance-on-home-care-provision Guidance on hospital discharges
Coronavirus-related advice from the government about patient discharges from hospital.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file
/874213/COVID-19_hospital_discharge_service_requirements.pdf
Guidance on PPE use for health and social care workers
Guidance from the government on the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for those in a
health or social care setting.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-infection-prevention-and-
control/covid-19-personal-protective-equipment-ppe
6. Food delivery in Sheffield
Sheffield City Council Coronavirus support
‘Emergency Food’ - information on emergency food parcels, food banks, VAS community hubs and
Foodworks
Call the Contact Centre: 0114 273 4567
http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/your-city-council/coronavirus-support-for-people
Sheffield City Council Coronavirus support – register for support
Request help with collecting shopping and medication for those with no other support available
http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/utilities/form/your-city-council/register-coronavirus-support
7. Social Contact
VAS Community Hubs
Volunteers from the Community Hubs can “check in with the people you know are vulnerable where
you are and offer a ‘virtual cup of tea’, information, a bit of advice, and some emotional support”
https://www.vas.org.uk/sheffield-covid-support-map/
Silver Line
The Silver Line is a national free confidential helpline providing information, friendship and advice to
older people, open 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
• 0800 4 70 80 90
• https://www.thesilverline.org.uk/
B:friend
B:friend are accepting new referrals for people aged over 65 and living alone.
www.letsbfriend.org.uk
SCCCC: become a penpal
You can send letters and cards to other people who are self-isolating and may be vulnerable via
SCCCC by sending a letter to Penpal Scheme, SCCCC Unit 19, President Buildings, Savile Street East,
Sheffield, S4 7UQ
https://www.facebook.com/Sheffield4C/videos/vb.840145926083482/847754615744323/?type=3&
theater
SCCCC
The main aim of SCCCC is to prevent loneliness and isolation amongst older people.
https://scccc.co.uk/get-help8. Mental Health support
Sheffield Health and Social Care
24/7 helpline for urgent mental health support (no referral required)
• 0114 226 3636
• https://www.shsc.nhs.uk/urgent-help
Rethink Mental Illness
Sheffield 24/7 helpline (no referral required)
• 0808 801 0440
• https://www.rethink.org/help-in-your-area/services/advice-and-helplines/sheffield-
helpline/
Other mental health helplines
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/
Sheffield Mental Health Guide
• Things to do in your home https://sheffieldflourish.co.uk/news/coronovirus-things-to-do-in-
your-sheffield-homes
• Mental health support https://www.sheffieldmentalhealth.co.uk/i-need-support/
Sheffield Flourish
Mental health and wellbeing
• https://sheffieldflourish.co.uk/
• https://sheffieldflourish.co.uk/news/
• ‘Coping during Covid’ wellbeing video https://sheffieldflourish.co.uk/news/coping-during-
covid-wellbeing-ideas-from-jo
Mental Health Foundation
Tips for looking after your mental health during the coronavirus outbreak.
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/looking-after-your-mental-health-during-
coronavirus-outbreak
Mind
Information and ideas to try that could help your wellbeing if you are feeling stressed or anxious
about coronavirus and staying at home.
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/coronavirus/coronavirus-and-your-wellbeing/
NHS: Every Mind Matters
How to look after your mental wellbeing while staying at home.
https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-staying-at-hometips/
9. Activity ideas at home
Dementia Together online
Sheffield Hallam University’s Lab4Living, in partnership with other organisations, has developed an
online resource for people living well with dementia and their supporters. A new theme ofresources will be released every Tuesday and Friday during the pandemic. Topics at the moment
include routine, music, memory book, photos.
www.dementiatogether.online
Guide to online activities for older adults during Covid19
Produced by the Health Innovation Network
https://healthinnovationnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Maintaining-Activities-for-
Older-Adults-during-COVID19.pdf
The National Activities Providers Association
The National Activities Providers Association has made all of their activities and resources available
for free during the Covid-19 crisis.
http://napa-activities.co.uk/membership/free-resources
Museum of Brands
Download activity sheets from the Museum of Brands for carers and family members and get
creative with the people you care for. The activities are ideal for people living with dementia as they
are meant to inspire reminiscence and encourage social and cultural engagements.
https://www.museumofbrands.com/brand-memories/#at-home
Online world tours
Explore the world from the comfort of your home via various live webcams – watch animals, see the
Northern Lights, take a train ride through the snow, ‘visit’ different countries.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-52096529
10. Keeping active at home
NHS Sitting Exercises
These gentle, easy-to-follow sitting exercises will help improve mobility and prevent falls, and can
even be done at home with just a chair. The instructions (including photos) can be downloaded as a
PDF.
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/sitting-exercises/
NHS Home Workouts
10 minute videos to help you keep fit at home
https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/for-your-body/move-more/home-workout-videos/
Joe Wicks for Seniors
• The Body Coach TV: 10 minute home chair workout for seniors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybVMu31DLQU
• The Body Coach TV: 10 minute home workout for seniors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2wp8Ipxn9s
Breathing Exercises
Suggestions of daily breathing exercises from a Peak District physiotherapist. These might be a
helpful preventative measure for anyone with respiratory problems or who is prone to getting chest
infections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR51R7QeKcY&feature=youtu.be
SIVAt-home workouts, meal inspiration and wellbeing blogs from Sheffield’s Health and Wellbeing Charity to help you stay active at home and feeing good while its venues are closed. https://www.siv.org.uk/ BBC Sounds: 10 Today – Physical Activity for older people 10 Today is an exercise audio programme from Sport England and Demos designed for older people to protect against poor health and improve mental health and maintain independence. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p087wddm Sport England: Stay In, Work Out How to stay active at home includes a section focused on ‘older adults’, as well as plenty of varied ideas for all ages and abilities. https://www.sportengland.org/stayinworkout#get_active_at_home 11. Online reading Sheffield eLibrary information Free eBooks, eMagazines, eComics and documentary films from Shef Doc Fest. You can sign up onine to the Library if you’re not already a member. https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/libraries-archives/the-elibrary Online books Audible are offering many books free during the corona virus. Audible allows you to listen to books being read aloud. Just download the app or go to their website for more information. www.audible.co.uk 12. Online culture Online museum tours The National History Museum is doing online tours as are many different museums and galleries. www.nhm.ac.uk Online art gallery tours Go on a virtual tour of the Louvre in France. https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne Online theatre The National Theatre is putting a new show on You Tube weekly on Thursdays at 7pm. You can watch it for a week for free until it is swapped for another show the following week. https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/nt-at- home?queueittoken=e_safetyevent916pr20~q_00000000-0000-0000-0000- 000000000000~ts_1587133861~ce_true~rt_afterevent~h_f3ae2e83d106155e31baf7c346dd4c384e 6e1e54f336409ac7d452f0928d2719 Online backstage theatre tours Sheffield Theatres have lots of backstage films including Kiss Me Kate and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/get-involved/learning-resources
13. Online music Online opera For anyone who can connect to the internet, you can stream opera for free. www.operavision.eu Online musicals The Shows Must Go On! Full length performances of Andrew Lloyd Weber musicals, online on Youtube at 7pm each Friday (available for 48 hours). https://www.youtube.com/theshowsmustgoon BBC Music Memories Use music and create a personal playlist to help people reconnect with their most powerful memories. Evidence shows that music can help people - including those living with dementia - to feel and live better. https://musicmemories.bbcrewind.co.uk/ 14. Online sport BBC: Match of Their Day BBC Sport is releasing Match of Their Day, where regular Match of the Day pundits pick their favourite matches. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000h9w8 Classic football matches Watch classic Sheffield Wednesday https://footballia.net/teams/sheffield-wednesday and Sheffield United matches https://footballia.net/teams/sheffield-united in full for free 15. Wildlife webcams Online zoo Watch some of the animals at Edinburgh Zoo on live webcams 24/7. Featuring panda cam, penguin cam, tiger cam and koala cam. https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/panda-cam/ Online aquarium You can watch the inhabitants of the Monterey Bay aquarium on their relaxing live and pre-recorded webcams. Featuring fish, otters, penguins, jelly fish and more. https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams 16. Ideas from Sheffield dementia day centres and memory cafés All of Sheffield’s dementia day centres, memory cafés and dementia-friendly groups have had to physically close, but many are still running virtually and doing what sounds like a fantastic job of
supporting people to live well with dementia in these difficult times. Here are just a few glimpses of
what’s been happening across Sheffield…
Online memory café
With chairobics, entertainment, information and chat Parson Cross Memory Café has been
discovering new ways to meet.
https://www.facebook.com/parson.crossforum.5/posts/2537712393112463?__tn__=-R
Other Memory Cafés are looking at establishing online versions of their groups, and workers have
been getting to grips with using the different Zoom features to ensure groups run smoothly.
Virtual day centre
A virtual day centre is now held weekly on Sundays for Age UK Sheffield’s Wellbeing Centre
members using facetime, and it has gone down really well.
https://www.facebook.com/WellbeingCentreAUKS/posts/1307472216130299?__tn__=-R
Activity Pack deliveries
Age UK Sheffield’s Dementia Wellbeing Centre may have had to close its doors for the time being,
but those who would usually attend during the day are getting an activity pack delivered to their
house every week. These include photos, mini jigsaws and reminiscence cards which have been
ordered by the organisers.
https://www.facebook.com/WellbeingCentreAUKS/photos/a.415729325304597/131132542907831
1/?type=3&theater
Telephone calls
• Stockbridge Community Care Group’s Community Dementia Co-ordinator is in regular
contact with their client list, checking people are ok and disseminating activity ideas.
• Age UK Sheffield Day centre volunteers have been contacting members also; they have also
been sent information from customer profiles for conversation starters.
• The Alzheimer’s Society has planned tele-conference lines so that carers of younger people
with dementia can offload with each other. One has also been set up for younger people
with dementia who usually attend the day centre activities.
• Heeley Trust’s Dementia Worker calls all memory café attendees and volunteers every week,
checking they have enough food, gas, electricity, medication and ask if they need anything
else delivering. They are very reassured to speak to someone who is checking-in and enjoy
having the weekly phone calls.
Social media – public groups
Parson Cross Forum posts daily updates on its public facebook page for its Memory Café attendees –
things to do, sources of support, photos of its online meetings (after seeking approval from those
attending).
https://www.facebook.com/parson.crossforum.5
Social media – private groups
Age UK Sheffield has a private Facebook group for its day centre members and their families. They
are providing regular posts with information and advice and well as checking in.
Ring and Sing session
The Alzheimer’s Society’s Young Onset Dementia Day Service ran a ring and sing session where
service users and carers joined in on a conference line. This was initially a pilot session, but feedback
was very positive and so they will be running a weekly session.Email contact The dementia worker for Woodhouse & District Community Forum is collecting family email addresses from existing clients, in order to keep them updated about COVID 19 and also sending ‘The Daily Sparkle’ downloadable reminiscence tool and a resource link from Reading Friends. Acts of kindness Age UK Sheffield arranged for Rose & Bloom letterbox flowers to be sent to one day centre member whose daughter had reported that her mother was feeling really down. 17. Organising an online group: Zoom For anyone who is struggling to use Zoom (for online video gatherings), the Dementia Voices group have created a helpful guide. https://www.dementiavoices.org.uk/wpcontent/uploads/2019/10/Zoomettes-Guide-to-ZOOM- Version-Dec-2019.pdf 18. Domestic Abuse Sheffield Domestic Abuse Helpline Sheffield’s Domestic Abuse Helpline is provided by IDAS and is free to call from mobiles and landlines 0808 808 2241. In an emergency call 999 (with the Silent Solution 55 if needed) https://sheffielddact.org.uk/domestic-abuse/uncategorized/domestic-abuse-and-covid-19/ Thanks for reading Amelia Stockdale – Commissioning Officer: Dementia All-Age Prevention & Early Help - Commissioning, Inclusion & Learning Sheffield City Council Work mobile: 07766 363 841 Email: amelia.stockdale@sheffield.gov.uk Team email: pkw@sheffield.gov.uk Website: www.sheffielddirectory.org.uk/dementia If you no longer wish to receive these emails please email amelia.stockdale@sheffield.gov.uk. Disclaimer: The articles contained in this email are for information only and are not intended to constitute a recommendation.
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