Jack Coutts, co-ordinator for the Liverpool City Region’s Dementia Action Week events programme, sets out what a dementia friendly Liverpool would look like and why it matters. What people with dementia need – and increasingly demand – is that the world which is shaped and run with the fit and able in mind, should also … Read more
THE first Liverpool City Council-commissioned care home to be built in more than 25 years opens in Speke this week. The £8m Brushwood on South Parade is part of a commitment by the city council to meet the rising demand for dementia care services. It is the first local authority-built care home to open in … Read more
People living with dementia and their carers can find out more about the condition and the support services available at next week’s Liverpool Dementia Information Day. Organised as part of World Alzheimer’s Month, the free event, on Wednesday 25 September, will see a packed programme of speakers at the Conference Centre at LACE, as well … Read more
PEOPLE in Liverpool can find out more about dementia at special sessions being held as part of Dementia Action Week 2019. To be hosted at Sedgemoor Hub, Liverpool City Council’s specialist dementia centre, two drop-in sessions are running on: • Tuesday 21 May at 1pm, organised by the Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Friends • Thursday 23 … Read more
Liverpool will play host to a major conference this week which aims to celebrate the city’s success at becoming an age-friendly place to live, work and visit.
COMMUNITY leaders in Liverpool have pledged to make it as easy as possible for people living with dementia to make the most of city council services.