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Dementia Awareness Week 2021 Reflecting on the devastating impact, and true experience, of coronavirus on the dementia community, this Dementia Awareness Week we will be exploring 'Hidden voices, Hidden impact, Hidden cost'. So, let’s talk about dementia. Each day our blogs, podcasts, and articles will be uploaded at 9am so check back regularly. https://www.alzscot.org/DAW2021 To mark Dementia Awareness Week, we have a wide range of different activities, fundraising and awareness raising opportunities, for example, we have online events that are open to anyone who would like to join; some small, in-person outdoor groups and we are doing a Highland Challenge joining the three areas of North, South and West Highland. Details of all the events are listed below. If you would like to take part in any of the events see the contact details below. You can support Dementia Awareness Week in your local area and help us raise awareness of dementia and get people talking about dementia. Become a Dementia Friend, learn a little more about dementia and the challenges people can face; look at your online and community groups and see if they can be dementia friendly. Alzheimer Scotland makes sure nobody faces dementia alone in the Highlands. An estimated 6,500 people are living with dementia in the Highlands and their family carers also need support. We provide support to families through their dementia journey via our Dementia Resource Centres, Dementia Advisors, Link Workers, community activity groups, carers groups and 24-hour Helpline. Inverness Dementia Resource Centre, Unit 2 Strothers Lane, Inverness, IV1 1LR Tel: 01463 711707 | Email: southhighland@alzscot.org | Website: www.alzscot.org Alzheimer Scotland - Action on Dementia is a company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland 149069. Recognized as a charity by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, no. SC022315 160 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, EH11 1DQ 0131 243 1453
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Our NC500 Challenge
Fundraising – All across the Highlands we
provide advice and support to those living with
dementia, their families, and carers along with
our digital activity groups. To do this we rely on
fundraised income so this year staff &
volunteers from North, South and West Highland
are going to collectively walk the number of
miles of the NC500 route. Though we are not
walking the actual route itself we will be keeping
a tally of all the miles we do and sharing this
with you.
Fancy joining us in our NC500 challenge then let us know and we can add your miles to the total.
To support your local area please use the Just Giving links below to make your donation. Thank you!
North Highland – Ross & Cromarty, Caithness & Sutherland - Just Giving Page
South Highland – Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey – Just Giving Page
West Highland – Lochaber, Skye & Lochalsh, Wester Ross – Just Giving Page
Where’s Buddy?
Can you find Buddy – Buddy is joining us on our NC500 walk and
may appear in some well-known landmarks along the way. Each
day we will be posting a picture of Buddy in a different place on our
Facebook pages. Can you guess where he is on the NC500
route? Though being a naughty dog, he may venture off the beaten
path.
Buddy will also be telling us some of the principles that Brain
Health Scotland recommend to promote good brain health.
If you want to learn more about Brain Health, why not try their free
online course: Understanding Brain Health: Preventing Dementia
Join Dementia Research
We need everyone to take part in research, whether you have
dementia or not - Alzheimer Scotland is committed to three areas
of research: Prevent Now. Care Today. Cure Tomorrow. Thanks
to the latest studies, we are learning more than ever about not only
dementia as an illness and what is most important when it comes
to care, support and quality of life, but also what can be done to
help prevent dementia: in our aim to ultimately, finding a cure. Join
Dementia Research today!
Inverness Dementia Resource Centre, Unit 2 Strothers Lane, Inverness, IV1 1LR
Tel: 01463 711707 | Email: southhighland@alzscot.org | Website: www.alzscot.org
Alzheimer Scotland - Action on Dementia is a company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland 149069. Recognized as a charity
by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, no. SC022315 160 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, EH11 1DQ 0131 243 1453
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Dementia Friends Scotland
Become a Dementia Friend – During Dementia
Awareness Week there will be an open, online
public session to become a Dementia Friend on
Tuesday 1st June at 10am.
Anybody can become a Scottish Dementia
Friend. It’s just about understanding a bit more
about dementia and the small things you can do
to help people living with dementia. Visit the
website to find out more about Dementia
Friends Scotland.
Summer 2021
West Highland Raffle
Fancy your luck at winning a raffle prize – tickets cost £2.
Prizes include:
A three-night stay at a holiday apartment in Portree, Isle of Skye
(selected dates only)
£20 voucher for a meal at the Red Brick Café, Portree, Isle of Skye
A voucher from Sea Skye Tours for a Maidens Wildlife Tour for 4
people worth £150
plus more to come….
To enter, please visit our Just Giving page and make a donation for
how many tickets you wish to purchase. Please also add your
name and email address so we can contact you if you are a
winner. Tickets will be on sale until Wednesday 30th of June and
the draw will be held on Friday 2nd of July.
Our Forget-Me-Not Pledge Find a full-sized Forget-Me-Not Pledge at the
Everyone can make a difference, no matter end of this Newsletter.
how much or how little time you can spare. From
committing to learning a little bit more about
dementia, to sharing your own lived experience,
every action counts.
This Dementia Awareness Week, we ask you to
pledge to make a difference using our Forget-
Me-Not template or simply colour it in and
display in your window to show your support.
Share your pledge with us on social media using
#DementiaAwareness.
Inverness Dementia Resource Centre, Unit 2 Strothers Lane, Inverness, IV1 1LR
Tel: 01463 711707 | Email: southhighland@alzscot.org | Website: www.alzscot.org
Alzheimer Scotland - Action on Dementia is a company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland 149069. Recognized as a charity
by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, no. SC022315 160 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, EH11 1DQ 0131 243 1453
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Action on Rights
In February, the Action on
Rights team was launched to
help support families and
friends of those living in care
homes. For more information
about what this team can
support you with please click
here or contact the Dementia
Helpline.
Dementia Helpline Please contact: 0808 808 3000 or email
helpline@alzscot.org
Our 24 hour Freephone Dementia
Helpline provides information, signposting and
emotional support to people with the illness,
their families, friends and professionals. The
Helpline is staffed by trained volunteers
supported by staff at Alzheimer Scotland. Many
of the volunteers have had personal or
professional experience of caring for people with
dementia.
Meet ADAM Now, you can have a chat
with ADAM, your digital
ADAM is a new platform which will help you to find the right pieces friend, who will ask some
of technology at the right time. Families and carers have told us questions about the things
that they would like to try using digital products and services to look that are important to you, and
after their health and wellbeing, but worry about making the wrong things that might be
choices or don't have time to go looking for something that will becoming more of a
work. We wanted to make things easier. challenge, and get
recommendations about
digital products which you
might find useful.
ADAM will tell you about why
they've been recommended
to you and give you some
insight into how easy they are
to set up and use, and where
you could buy them if you
choose to give them a try.
https://meetadam.co.uk/
Inverness Dementia Resource Centre, Unit 2 Strothers Lane, Inverness, IV1 1LR
Tel: 01463 711707 | Email: southhighland@alzscot.org | Website: www.alzscot.org
Alzheimer Scotland - Action on Dementia is a company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland 149069. Recognized as a charity
by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, no. SC022315 160 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, EH11 1DQ 0131 243 1453
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Purple Alert
You can make your area
safer for people with
dementia by downloading
Purple Alert, a community
minded app for people with
dementia if they are missing.
Find out more here.
Download today!
Lighting up Purple
Look out for parts of the Highlands to be
lighting up purple for Dementia Awareness
Week. If you have anywhere that can be lit up
purple during Dementia Awareness Week, then
let us know. We will be sharing pictures from
around the Highlands of all the different areas.
How can you get involved?
Take part in social media Sign up to Join Take part in
– Twitter, Facebook. Join Dementia Research Dementia Friends
our online groups
Download Purple Apply the principles of Share your Story Sign up to our
Alert Brain Health Scotland/sign E-News
up BHS course
Inverness Dementia Resource Centre, Unit 2 Strothers Lane, Inverness, IV1 1LR
Tel: 01463 711707 | Email: southhighland@alzscot.org | Website: www.alzscot.org
Alzheimer Scotland - Action on Dementia is a company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland 149069. Recognized as a charity
by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, no. SC022315 160 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, EH11 1DQ 0131 243 1453
Highland-wide Newsletter | Dementia Awareness Week 2021 6
What’s On this Dementia Awareness Week
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
31st 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Let’s talk about: Hidden Let’s talk about: Alzheimer Let’s talk about: Innovation Let’s talk about: Dementia - Let’s talk about: Research
Voices, Hidden Impact, Scotland – blog - blog blog and Prevention – blog
Hidden Cost – blog
Dementia Friends - 10am Creative Writing – Hidden Picnic in Portree - 1pm Tipi Session
Looking After You in Dementia Advisor Voices – 2pm Diane Kenny
Lockdown - 4pm Karen
Hayley Legal Matters - 10am
Claire
Summer 2021
Picnic in Portree - 1pm
Diane
Health Walk - 2pm
Eleanor
More about these activities: Picnic in Portree - A picnic in the newly refurbished Tigh Na Drochaiod
garden in Portree (limited places available – book in advance).
Blog posts - https://www.alzscot.org/DAW2021
Tipi Session – Join us on our new site at Badaguish Outdoor Centre for
Creative Writing – Share your experiences about the joys and a short walk and an activity in our Tipi. (am group and pm group– limited
challenges of Lockdown in this creative writing session. spaces – book in advance)
Dementia Friends – Become a Dementia Friend this week in our open, Contact Details:
public session delivered by our Dementia Advisors.
Claire Du Preez - cdupreez@alzscot.org
Health Walk with Lochaber Hope – Stretch those legs and enjoy a
walk with Eleanor and Lochaber Hope (limited spaces) Diane Smith – Community Activities Organisor DianeSmith@alzscot.org
Legal Matters – Brodies LLP are hosting 1hr webinars for those caring Eleanor Brown – Community Activities Organisor – Ebrown@alzscot.org
for someone with dementia, offering information and advice about Hayley Lyons – Dementia Advisor – Hlyons@alzscot.org
Power of Attorney, wills and other legal matters (other times available).
Karen Black – Dementia Advisor – KarenBlack@alzscot.org
Looking After You in Lockdown – find out more about the importance
of looking after yourself and the principles that Brain Health Scotland Kenny Wright – Dementia Link Worker – KWright@alzscot.org
promote for good Brain Health.
Lesley Hellon – Dementia Advisor – LHellon@alzscot.org
Inverness Dementia Resource Centre, Unit 2 Strothers Lane, Inverness, IV1 1LR
Tel: 01463 711707 | Email: southhighland@alzscot.org | Website: www.alzscot.org
Alzheimer Scotland - Action on Dementia is a company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland 149069. Recognized as a charity
by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, no. SC022315 160 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, EH11 1DQ 0131 243 1453
Summer 2021
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