Stories & Quotes

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“I’m about four to five years into it (dementia). I’m fairly alright; I forget things, which is normal. I live as best I can. The only thing that frightens me is the (reaction from the) community; if you tell them you have alzheimers they nearly go the other direction. I think people kind of say ‘she has alzheimers, she’ll be talking stupid’. So to me what’s needed is more and more people going out and talking about it.“
Person with Dementia

“Exceptional, designed for each individual concentrating on the capabilities, very engaging, kind and safe, totally focused on the persons needs. Taking time to make someone happy and feel important for 2 hours in the week. just because they maybe old and forgetful they are still valued”
A carer talking about the support from the project

“Looking after somebody with Alzheimer’s can be very rewarding. Just to hold my mother’s hand and when I say something to her and she squeezes my hand, I know she knows what I’m saying. An odd smile, the nod of her head, just the recognition, I would miss all that if she was in a nursing home."
Family member talking about the service

"I look forward to the day of the week I have service"
Carer talking about the project

“The service was of great value to my mother and it was a life saver for us her family. We could see mam in better form, seemed to give her a new lease of life. Your worker was so efficient helpful and very good with mam”
A family taking about the support their mother got from the project

“I found the service was flexible and generous in there support of us, it kept us connected to the wider care of dementia and was person centred and always uplifting”
A carer talking about their experience of the project

“It is hard to get someone to look after a person with dementia but with this service you get a person with the professionalism and understanding of how you need to treat and deal with a person with dementia”
A carer talking about their Dementia Support Worker

“Helpful, friendly, made us feel like it wasn’t hopeless and gave mam something to look forward to every week”
A daughter of a person with Dementia talking about the support from the project
 

“I look forward to the day of the week when I have the service. I know when I leave the house that my mother is in good hands and I don’t have to worry for a couple of hours. That means a lot to me, the help, relief, comfort and peace of mind is invaluable”
A carer talking about what the projects support means to them.

“Wonderful, kind, caring people. It meant so much to our lives, a light in the darkness”
A carer taking about the impact of the Dementia support worker on them

“Very good for memory, it reminds you every day, it’s really a second person in the house”
Person with Dementia that trialled a Calendar Flip Clock from The Memory Technology Library;

"It’s great now, I’d know where to go, even if I didn’t use everything, it’s great to know where to come for idea’s"
Former Carer who visited the Memory Technology Library  

“I didn’t know where to look for these things when I needed them, it’s great, there’s some thing’s here I could have used for the mid to later stages”
Feedback from Former Carer who visited the Memory Technology Library

“Feel better knowing (the person) is able to use it, security knowing (the person) can call us”
A Carer of a person with Dementia, who's trialling the easy to use mobile phone

“The good thing is you don’t have to charge it every week...you can take it from room to room; very portable......it’s quiet loud which is good to be able to hear it from different rooms....tablets given on time”
Current Carer who trialled a Mini Pill Reminder

"Another little job taken away which is useful, especially in the evening when I’m busy with dinners....reduces stress at having to remember"
Current Carer who trialled a Mini Pill Reminder

“(The person) is able to use this one (the phone), wasn’t able to use the other one (standard mobile) at all”
Current Carer of a person with Dementia, who's trialling the easy to use mobile phone