Our Dementia Champion for the practice is Amanda Berry, Assistant Practice Manager.
To help support our Dementia patients and their carers staff are asked to complete Dementia Awareness training and we have a nominated dementia champion, Amanda Beery who attends regular dementia training and updates.
Here is some information which patients/carers may find useful:
BIADS - Barnsley Dementia Support - Telephone: 01226 280057
BIADS offers acitvities for Carers, Drop in cafes, singing groups, day trips and many other activities.
Butterflies - Dementia Support and Activities Group - Telephone: 07545 815 513
Butterflies Support Group is located at King Street Community Centre in Barnsley, everyone is welcome at Butterflies. They specialise in people living with dementia and socially isolated people. They offer lunch clubs, support groups, tea dances and regular days out, trips and occasional short breaks.
Barnsley Dementia Carers Outreach Support - Telephone: 01226 288772
This service is for you while caring for a person with dementia or memory loss:
You need support for your own health and wellbeing
You need help to improve your own resilience and confidence
You feel isolated or un-supported in your caring role or post-caring
Dementia Action Alliance
Their website holds valuable information and links to other organisations across Barnsley.
The Herbert Protocol
The Herbert Protocol is named after George Herbert, a war veteran of the Normandy landings who lived with dementia and frequently went missing.
As part of South Yorkshire Dementia Action Alliance's dementia home safety project it is encourage that people living with dementia and their carers complete the Herbert Protocol. If the person living with dementia is reported missing the carers hand the form to the police. All police officers carry mobile devices and once they have the form they scan it into their phone and circulate it instantly to every officer in the areas and if relevant to neighbouring police forces.
Become a Dementia Friend
The Alzheimer's Society Dementia Friends Programme is the biggest ever initiative to change people's perceptions of dementia. It aims to transform the way the nation thinks, acts and talks about about the condition.
Dementia Friends is about learning more about dementiona and the small ways you can help. Please access the Dementia Friends website to watch the online vidoe.