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Mental Health matters

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Members attending the May meeting acknowledge mental health week by wearing a variety of shades of green

as can be seen from our six members who participated in a dementia awareness activity led by Emma Bridgewater, our guest speaker.

Those members attending have become Dementia Friends, joining the UK’s biggest ever initiative to change the way people think, act and talk about dementia.  We were introduced to five key messages:

  1.  dementia is not a natural part of ageing
  2.  dementia is caused by diseases of the brain
  3. dementia is not just about losing your memory – it can affect thinking, communicating and doing everyday tasks
  4.  it is possible to live well with dementia
  5. there’s more to the person than dementia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please help us to pass the message on

visit   http://dementiafriends.org.uk      

or email  dementiafriends@alzheimers.org.uk

or call   0300 222 5855

or follow  Twitter/DementiaFriends or Facebook/DementiaFriends