Pathways Through Dementia Blog
If you are an employer concerned about staff members caring for someone with dementia you can book them onto our seminar in November: https://bit.ly/3d3XQuB For further information about our seminars for working carers see our Seminars page: https://pathwaysthroughdementia.org/seminars/ If you would like to block book at a discount please contact Sara Wilcox: swilcox@pathwaysthroughdementia.org One in 7 Read More
I think we can now see that Covid-19 is going to have a long term impact on the way we reach our clients, despite initial hopes that face to face contact might resume by October. With this in mind I am going to start engaging online with people who need assistance with various financial and Read More
Today the Guardian published this interesting article: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/sep/09/care-home-visits-guidance-england-unlawful-charity-claims For more information about the charity speerheading this campaign, John's Campaign, click here: https://johnscampaign.org.uk/#/
For anyone who would like to join this year's AGM the date is September 26th at 3pm on Skype. Please email swilcox@pathwaysthroughdementia.org OR leave a message on our helpline (0203 405 5940) so that we can obtain your Skype address and add you to the meeting. All papers will be made available after the meeting Read More
On July 22nd 2020 the government published guidance on visits to care homes. The full guidance can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visiting-care-homes-during-coronavirus/update-on-policies-for-visiting-arrangements-in-care-homes However we have tried to summarise the guidance here: Policy for visiting arrangements as published by the Government 22nd July 2020: The circumstances of individual care home and its local circumstances must be taken Read More
At the start of lockdown, a team of bright people put together a website allowing charities to list areas where they needed help then matched them to furloughed members of the public who were keen to use their time 'off' to support a charity they felt a connection with. Pathways registered and within hours we Read More
From the Trustees at Pathways Through Dementia: during these unprecedented times we are aware that many of our clients will be directly impacted by corona virus and the helpline remains open to all enquirers at this difficult time. In the past the CEO has worked voluntarily for the charity and has offered to continue supporting Read More
Hello from the CEO. We are living through very difficult times at the moment and I wanted to reassure anyone who needs to get in touch with us that we are still here to answer your queries. Obviously any community talks and workshops are now postponed but we will resume these as soon as possible. Read More
Well the year so far has seen an unprecedented rise in enquiries to our helpline - 100 in January alone - usually it takes us 3 months to reach that target! The topics are varied but having worked in this area for 20 or so years I can see interesting trends emerging: people are much Read More
I was 11 years old when my grandfather died with Alzheimer's disease. Back in the 80s people didn't talk about dementia the way we do now: I have often thought about the fact that at the church, where he worked for many years, no-one asked my Gran about him and his deteriorating mental state which Read More