Dementia Service
Working in partnership with
Stocksbridge Community Care Group
Living with Dementia
Dementia is not a single illness, but a group of symptoms caused by damage to the brain. The symptoms include loss of memory, mood changes and confusion.
Anyone can develop dementia. It is not restricted to sex, age, gender, ethnicity or background.
In England, 800,000 people currently live with dementia. The older the age, the more common it is. Around one-in-14 people, aged 65 or over, has a form of dementia, and one-in-six people, aged 80 or over. So the great majority of people with dementia are more than 75 years old, but it does occur among younger people.
What Services are available?
Musical Memories Community Tour and Friendship Lunch
Every FIRST and THIRD Monday
of the Month
1.00 pm – 3.00 pm
The Blue Ball, Wharncliffe Side
The Blue Ball, are hosting the Musical Memories on Tour, in Wharncliffe Side. They provide the venue free of charge, and provide a Friendship Lunch at a reasonable cost per person. We arrange and pay for the specialist performers.
Musical Memories
Every THIRD Friday
of the month
1.00 pm – 3.00 pm
The Venue, Stocksbridge
We have introduced live music to the Memory Time Café, using entertainers who specialise in performing with, and involving people living well with dementia. Musical Memories has fast become a regular event on our community calendar, attracting ever increasing numbers.
Musical Memories Community Tour and Friendship Lunch
Every SECOND and FOURTH Wednesday
of the month
1.00 pm – 3.00 pm
The Blue Ball, Worrall
The Blue Ball, are hosting the Musical Memories on Tour, in Worrall. They provide the venue free of charge, and provide a Friendship Lunch at a reasonable cost per person. We arrange and pay for the specialist performers.
Stocksbridge Community Care Group Friendly Visiting Service
This service was launched in April 2008 with a remit to provide a service for older socially isolated people and their carers. Volunteers were recruited to visit service users to give the sort of support a good neighbour might provide.
Contact us
For more information on Community Dementia Provision in the area, please ring the Stocksbridge Community Care Group office on 0114 283 0141,
or email: sccg.communitydementiaprovision@gmail.com
For further details of Dementia Services in the local community, please contact:
- Dementia Advice Sheffield Age UK Sheffield Dementia Services for customers
- Sheffield Directory Dementia page www.sheffielddirectory.org.uk/dementia