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19 - 25 May is Dementia Action Week, so Andrea is joined by Helen Andrew, operational service manager for the central dementia service for Somerset FT and Cindy Firs, head of partnership at SPARK Somerset, overseeing the dementia partnership.
The team explains how the dementia service works, talking through the assessment, diagnosis and post diagnostic support visit, and what support is available through the Alziemers Society with voluntary organisations like memory cafe's, carers support, support groups for patients in the patient's local area.
By Somerset NHS Foundation Trust19 - 25 May is Dementia Action Week, so Andrea is joined by Helen Andrew, operational service manager for the central dementia service for Somerset FT and Cindy Firs, head of partnership at SPARK Somerset, overseeing the dementia partnership.
The team explains how the dementia service works, talking through the assessment, diagnosis and post diagnostic support visit, and what support is available through the Alziemers Society with voluntary organisations like memory cafe's, carers support, support groups for patients in the patient's local area.