After receiving feedback from local carers of people with a dementia diagnosis that after the diagnosis was received, they felt there was a lack of information about local support services. They stated that they didn’t know where to turn to access services and often didn’t know what was available to them.
Acting on this we contacted local organisations that work with people with a dementia diagnosis and through discussions learned that people could wait up to a year from presenting at their GP until the final diagnosis. It became apparent that during this valuable time, people should be preparing for their futures at this point.
Alongside these key partners and 3 people, (the working group) with lived experience of caring for their loved one with dementia. Regular meetings were held and the outcome is this booklet; Support for people with memory difficulties or dementia. We have also broken the document into easy to print sections. Follow this link below: