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We caught up with MindforYou Holidays to ask them about their experience attending the Alzheimer’s Show.

 

MindforYou offers supported UK holidays throughout the year, for people throughout their journey with dementia. The Leicestershire-based social business was founded by Carol Sargent, who wanted to provide such opportunities after experiencing her own mother’s dementia. Since 2015, Carol and her team have taken hundreds of guests to 13 different locations across Britain – providing respite for carers and personalising holidays to individual needs.

We are asking our supporters from the very first Alzheimer’s Show in 2013 to give us their thoughts on what’s changed in 10 years.Here we ask Chief Admiral Nurse and CEO of Dementia UK, Hilda Hayo to share her views.

The National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) responds to the recent Spring Budget Statement, emphasising the vital connection between the health and social care sectors and the urgent need for equitable investment to prioritise the wellbeing of individuals.

We are pleased to have Care UK as the sponsor of The Workshop, the open theatre at the heart of the show. 

As the UK’s leading dementia research charity and one of three top dementia research charities in the world Alzheimer’s Research UK specialises in finding preventions, causes, treatments and a cure for dementia. In 2011 they committed over £5 million to research projects.

The national TV, radio and magazines campaign tell the story of a forgetful man who is helped by his daughter and doctor to find out he has a condition.

The Alzheimer’s Show staff have great admiration for and are inspired by the way Norrms is giving a very personal insight in to life and living with dementia. At he age of 50 he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and for the last four years he has been campaigning to raise awareness about this awful illness.

“Care UK is delighted to be a sponsor of the Alzheimer’s Show, the first exhibition dedicated to people living with dementia and their carers. Our team will be on hand to offer advice on the many different care options for people living with dementia – from care at home and day care to residential and nursing care.

We are pleased to announce that Care Talk will be a media partner. Care Talk, is an exciting new, free monthly publication for the social care sector with a distribution of 23,000 plus which includes all registered care providers, and is very much ‘the voice of social care’ and a tool for disseminating good practice. 

The Law Society – Official supporter of The Alzheimer’s Show

We are pleased to confirm the Law Society as an official supporter of The Alzheimer’s Show. Representatives from the Law Society Wills & Equity Committee will be speaking in The Alzheimer’s Matters Theatre on a range of issues related to elderly care and dementia issues in particular.