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Making Calderdale welcoming to those living with dementia

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Below are links to a series of video interviews entitled “Dementia and me. Dementia and my partner.” They feature interviews with Calderdale people, either living with dementia or living with their partner’s dementia (you can also view the videos as a playlist on YouTube). Their stories cover their diagnosis journeys; the impact on families; support from families; coping with changes in day-today living, including shopping; and lots more besides. We’d like to thank everyone who contributed to this work.

Pat: coping with dementia in everyday life
Pat: my dementia diagnosis
Pat: dementia and family support part 2
Pat: dementia and family support
Pat: how shops can help people with dementia
Pat: dementia and shopping
Sean: dementia and giving up work
Sean: my journey to diagnosis
Margaret: shopping with dementia
Margaret: how shops can help people with dementia
Margaret: the journey to diagnosis
Margaret: coping with dementia
Bob: my wife’s dementia diagnosis journey
Bob: how shops can help when your partner has dementia
Bob: shopping with my wife who has dementia
David: my dementia diagnosis journey
David: how shops & businesses can help people with dementia
Jenny: coping with my husband’s dementia
Jenny: my husband’s dementia diagnosis journey
Jenny: shopping with a partner with dementia
Jenny: What shops and businesses can do to help with dementia carers

Latest News

  • Dementia Event Highlights Importance of Awareness13th Nov 2023
    Calderdale Dementia Friendly Community hosted an important awareness-raising event at Halifax Town Hall, at which the husband of the late Dame Barbara Windsor, Scott Mitchell, spoke about his wife’s battle with Alzheimer’s and how they coped as a couple. In front of a large audience of health care professionals, businesses, voluntary groups, council staff and … Continue reading Dementia Event Highlights Importance of Awareness
  • Preparations take place for the Town Hall Event2nd Nov 2023
    Preparations Underway for Scott Mitchell’s Arrival to Halifax Town Hall Chris Harvey, the secretary for Calderdale Dementia Friendly Community, has been busy at the Halifax Town Hall this week. He is overseeing preparations for the upcoming visit of Scott Mitchell, Ambassador for Alzheimer’s Research UK, and husband and caregiver to Barbara Windsor. Along with an … Continue reading Preparations take place for the Town Hall Event
  • Dementia Event Coming to Halifax1st Nov 2023
    Our Latest Event 9th November 2023 Calderdale Dementia Friendly Community invites you to join us at our Audience with Scott Mitchell. Scott was husband and carer to Dame Barbara Windsor, he is currently ambassador to Alzheimer’s Research UK and will take the audience through the couples 7 year journey while living with dementia. The event takes … Continue reading Dementia Event Coming to Halifax
  • Save the date for the launch of Calderdale Dementia Friendly Community.2nd Mar 2023
    Wednesday March 2023 10 am – 12.30 pm Halifax Town Hall Dementia affects an increasing number of people directly and indirectly so businesses have a key role in providing sympathetic services to a large, and growing dementia audience. Businesses are invited to join the campaign to make Calderdale a dementia-friendly borough. The campaign aims to … Continue reading Save the date for the launch of Calderdale Dementia Friendly Community.

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