Activities and support in North for people with dementia and their carers Dementia/Memory Cafes

White Hart Community Forget—Me —Not Group Welcoming older people, people Memory Café living with dementia and carers. A dementia friend- £3 per person, includes a light lunch, ly quiet space tea and coffee, peer support and a where people liv- range of activities ing with dementia Time: 12:00– 3:00pm on the third and their carers Thursday of every month from can enjoy a cup Location: Terrace Café, at St Jo- of tea or coffee and cake. seph’s Care Home, Road, www.whcgatherstone.org.uk/ Coleshill Coffee/tea: £1 For more information: St Joseph’s Care Home on 0167543455 Cake: £1 Time: Every Tuesday 10am -12pm [email protected] Location: White Hart Tea Room, White Hart Community Groups (formerly Volunteer Centre North Coleshill and Warwickshire), Long Street, , (just past the library). Memory café For more information: call 01827 A café to support both people living 717073 with dementia and their carers. Ac- tivities and lunch are provided Location: Water Orton Church Time: 1st Friday of the month 2.00pm—4pm Cost: £3.50 per person For more information contact Coleshill Town council on 01676 463 326

Dementia Services

Alzheimer's Society Dementia Friends The Alzheimer's Society Dementia Dementia Navigator Service Friends programme is the UK’s The Dementia Navigators are here biggest ever initiative to change to provide you with information, peoples perceptions of dementia. guidance and support to help you live well, whether you have Whether you attend a face to face dementia or are caring for information session or watch the someone with dementia. We can online video, Dementia Friends is offer information and guidance about learning more about demen- including information about tia and taking action. From telling diagnosis, all aspects of living with friends about Dementia Friends, to dementia, legal rights, welfare visiting someone you know living benefits, signposting or referral on with dementia, every action counts. to national and local Alzheimer's Society services or external organisations, practical support to To find out more please visit help you cope with the day to day www.dementiafriends.org.uk challenges of living with dementia and emotional support to help you work through any difficult feelings about your circumstances.

You can be referred to our service by health or social care profession- als but you are also able to refer yourself.

Just give us a call on 01926 888899 or email [email protected] Dementia Services

Home Instead Age UK Dementia day opportunities Home Instead provides domiciliary support services to those that need The service aims to assist and promote independent living in the community for support to stay independent at as long as possible and provides opportu- home. We tailor these services to an nities in: individual’s specific needs which can • Helping to keep memory at opti- include companionship, home help, mum levels respite or personal care. We • Socialise with others in similar circum- specialise in supporting people living stances at home with dementia by forming Join in stimulating activities and have fun relationships with our highly trained staff who are consistent visitors. Our Who Qualifies? relationships with community groups Anyone with a diagnosis of dementia are to provide our clients with Able to participate in activities both in- information and resources which will dividual and group provide mental stimulation as well as Has a level of mobility benefitting them socially and Able to interact with fellow group mem- bers physically. Living in , &

We are a member of the Dementia What Does it Cost? Action Alliance and have a £37.50 incl of lunch and refreshments. Re- dedicated Dementia champion who duced to £10 for those financially assisted provides educational talks on living by Warwickshire County Council. with dementia. Home Instead are also Groups covering Nuneaton & Bedworth working closely with Action Fraud and and Grendon areas the charity, Think Jessica, to provide For more information contact: awareness to older adults about the occurrence of scams and preventing Beverley Hotson - 07881 824468 them from becoming a victim. Email:

For more information please contact, [email protected] Karen Wilkinson on 01675 464600 or 01827431002 Website: www.ageukwarwickshire.org.uk

Dementia Services

Time Out The Phoenix Group Time Out offer a range of services to assist people in maintaining The Phoenix group LTD is a regis- their independence and provide tered Charity dedicated to the pro- support for daily living. These in- vision of respite and fellowship for clude: those living with of any form of de- mentia, and importantly, their car- • Befriending ers. This is done in a non clinical • Supported shopping and de- friendly atmosphere on a weekly livery basis.

• Accompanying you to ap- Time and Date: Tuesday 11am— pointments 3pm

• Sitting service/carer’s respite Location: Wood End Working Men's Club, 57 Tamworth Road, Wood • Supporting gardening End, CV9 2QH.

For more information visit For more information or to get in www.phoenixgroup-nwarks.org.uk or call touch with the team at Time Out, phone them using 07428 730 950, The Warwickshire Carer email them via [email protected], or Wellbeing Service visit the website at www.timeoutliving.co.uk This service aims to ensure that car- ers are supported in every way pos- sible in their caring role, while main- taining their own wellbeing. Please contact: Tel: 024 7663 2972 – option 2 Email: carerssup- [email protected] Website: www.carerstrusthofe.org.uk Dementia Services

Admiral Nurses Specialist dementia nurses who Side by Side give practical, clinical and emo- What’s your idea of a good time? tional support to carers and family Going to the football, catching a members. To access the local ad- movie, a jog around the park, or a miral services the person must have good old mooch around the a diagnosis of dementia and be liv- shops? Whatever you love doing, ing at home in the community and Side by Side is our service to help be registered to a GP in the area you keep doing it. The service (Coventry, Rugby, North - aims to reduce social isolation shire). Health care professionals and loneliness for people with must have carers consent to refer. dementia. Local phone number: 0300 303 Your Side by Side volunteer will 3131 empower you to keep on doing For those out of area, National the things you love – and try new Helpline: 0800 888 6678 things too. The idea is that you meet up regularly, decide what Relate Coventry & you’d like to do, and then do it Warwickshire together. It’s all about having fun and feeling good – you will both be making a big difference to For those out of area, National each other’s lives. Helpline : 0800 888 667 Counselling where dementia is Get in touch today to find out having an impact on relationships. more: 01926 88 88 99 or sideby- Counselling Contact - Mandy sidenorthwarwickshire@alzheimers Boothe .gov.uk [email protected]

Care Companion

Developed with Carers for Carers, a free resource to support those who care for their loved ones https:www.carecompanion.org.uk/ Leisure Activities

Atherstone Leisure Fitter Futures Complex Fitter Futures is a 12 week physical activity Atherstone leisure complex has programme for adults aged 16+ (and recently undergone some young people aged 12-16 ) You can get improvements within the centre to referred for: make the environment more dementia friendly such as; new • mental health condition - such as mild flooring in the reception area, less to moderate depression, anxiety, low clutter on the walls, better signage mood and new automatic exit doors. • respiratory condition • musculoskeletal conditions For more information contact them • strength or balance concerns on 01827 719321 or visit the website • neurological conditions www.northwarks.gov.uk/info/20009/ • hypertension leisure • risk of cardiovascular disease • diabetes (type one or two) • pre-diabetes • overweight/obesity (including in all stages of pregnancy and postnatal) • osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis or osteoporosis , Osteopenia • dementia early/mid stages • recovering from cancer

For more information visit: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/fitterfutures, Call: 01926 351077, Email: [email protected].

Leisure Activities

Warwickshire Libraries BaddesleyRecovery and Carer Wellbeing support GroupAcademy The library service is free to join. Comput- ers are free to use if you are a member of The Recovery and Wellbeing Academy the library. Books are free to borrow. offers a learning approach to recovery and Carers can have a supported ticket, al- wellbeing that compliments existing ser- lowing them to borrow talking books, vices provided by Coventry and Warwick- DVD’s and music CD’s free of charge with shire Partnership NHS Trust and Coventry no overdue charges or reservation and Warwickshire Mind in the county. The charges. A home library service is also available to deliver books to individual academy offers a wide range of FREE cours- library users. Books are available to sup- es and workshops designed to empower port those living with dementia and their people in recognising their skills, abilities families through the Books on Prescription and resources and learning to become ex- service. Come in to your local library to perts in their own recovery and wellbeing. find out more information. Courses have included Coping With Caring, Council managed libraries in North Understanding Personal Independence Pay- Warwickshire are in: Atherstone, Coleshill ments and Bereavement. A large number of and . local partnership organisations have come Community Managed Libraries are in: together to deliver various free courses and Baddesley, , and Water workshops across a number of venues. Orton. Books and other items can be re- Open to over 18s. Enrol at: https:// quested and collected from Community recoveryandwellbeing.covwarkpt.nhs.uk Managed Libraries but opening hours and services at community run libraries Call: 0300 303 2626. may differ to those offered by libraries managed by the council. Reading Well Books on Prescription, (BOP) can help you manage your health and wellbeing with self-help books, eBooks and CDs, cover- ing mental health topics Place of welcome ; a dementia Dementia collections and reminiscence friendly coffee and chat open to all. collection titles (Pictures to Share) are Closed for refurbishment open from only located at council run libraries. April 2020 For more information visit: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Libraries OR Time: Wednesdays 10:30 am—12:30 noon www.warwickshire.gov.uk/ booksonprescription Venue: Coleshill Parish Church’ Church Hill, Coleshill, B46 3AD HomeThe HerbertInstead Protocol HomeAssistive Instead Technology Assistive technology (AT) is a term The Herbert Protocol is a national used to describe any device or sys- scheme adopted by police ser- tem that can help a person vices and other agencies across to accomplish their daily living tasks the country. It is a simple risk reduc- and/or increase the ease and safety tion tool to be used in the event of a person with Dementia or other of undertaking these. AT can support mental vulnerability going missing. all people, from those with very low It consists of a form that contains needs through to people with com- vital information about a person at plex physical and/or mental health risk that can be passed to the po- needs. AT can also support carers to lice if the person is reported miss- ing. A recent photograph of the stay connected with others, enhance person should also be kept with the safety through monitoring or help to form. The basis of the scheme is for complement care and reduce strain. vital information about the person Examples of assistive technology such as medication, description, photograph, significant places in include: the person's life and their daily rou- • monitored items such as Global tine, to be pre-recorded on a form. Positioning System (GPS) devices It encourages carers, families, friends or neighbours, to hold infor- that can help family to locate a mation about the person with de- person who has not returned mentia that can help the police home or may have gotten lost find them if they do go missing. • memory clocks and devices that Who fills the form in? In a care set- ting the care provider, the person prompt to help with remember- at risk or their family can fill in the ing time, date, appointments form. The police will only ask for the and mealtimes form, or the information in the form, if the person is reported missing. www.warwickshire.gov.uk/ assistivetechnology or contact War- To download the Herbert Protocol form visit: https:// wickshire County Council www.warwickshire.police.uk/ Customer Contact Centre: 01926 notices/af/herbert-protocol/ 410410. The AskSARA website helps people find useful information about products that may make daily living easier https://asksara.dlf.org.uk/ Leisure Activities

Cherish Dementia Hubs in your community Holiday Trust The North Warwickshire Borough Council Hubs offer a variety of ser- Cherish was founded in 2006 to vices which include access to free provide assisted holidays for Internet and laptop use, signposting people with dementia and their and support services including help carers. Since then it has also with forms and benefits and more. provided day trips and monthly Most hubs have a community café lunch meetings. These activities and various other leisure activities on offer. For more information about offer the opportunity to meet with specific activities on offer in your lo- others in similar situations and en- cal Hub visit: joy their company whilst benefit- www.northwarks.gov.uk/hubs ing from the undivided attention Alternatively please from their carers. Carers are also call 01827 715341 able to discuss problems and share **Please note that Community Hubs are run by volunteers experiences, often friendships are and opening times may be affected by the availability of made and telephone numbers volunteers. exchanged, providing a support network. We publish newsletters Arley and St Michaels Community several times a year which gives Centre full details of our activities. To Tue, Wed, Fri 9.00am – 12.00pm receive these, we have a Village Hall membership which is free. Mon 2.00pm – 5.00pm. Tue 3.00pm – 5.00pm Wed 10.00am – 5.00pm with café open 12.00pm – 5.00pm. Details can be obtained from our Coleshill Town Hall website Mon, Tue, Wed and Fri 10.00am – www.cherishholidays.webs.com 1.00pm. or by ringing Janet Wright on 01827 Hartshill Community Centre 768569 Tue 10.00am – 2.00pm Wed 2.00pm – 4.00pm St Mary’s Church Atherstone Tue 10.00am – 12.00pm and Fri 10.00am – 2.00pm

Email [email protected] or phone 01926 737767 Warwickshire County Council Localities team working in Partnership with North Warwickshire Borough Council and Dementia Navigators [email protected] [email protected] Information correct as of 7/02/2020 For the latest information visit www.warwickshire.gov.uk/dementia www.alzheimerssociety.org.uk