Everyone needs a break to rest and recharge the batteries – and none more than people caring for family members with dementia. It can be helpful for everyone to have a break from each other from time to time and many care providers offer short stays or live-in arrangements. Or perhaps what is needed is a holiday away together?

Dementia Adventure (for holidays together)

Respite for carers in Wiltshire

Revitalise holidays

Holidays and Travelling with someone with Dementia- Alzheimers Society

The Kiloran Trust

Mind For You

Limitless Travel

British Legion Holidays

Carers Support Wiltshire- Respite and Support for Carers

Alzheimers Support- Home Support Service

Alzheimers Support- Day Clubs

Alzheimers Society- Side by Side

Respite Places in Care Homes- Wiltshire Adult Care and Support Guide

Carers Support Wiltshire- Carers Cafes

Alzheimers Support- Carers Groups and Courses

Soundwell- Music Group for Carers Trowbridge

Sometimes a clever gadget can make all the difference. Assistive technology and telecare can help to support and enable people with dementia to live more independently. It is not for everyone but when the right products are found they can be very helpful.

At Dementia. information on assistive technology products

Self-help guide to assistive technology needs

Telecare providers in Wiltshire

AGE UK information Sheet on Telecare and Lifeline Providers

The Technology Gallery in Bath

Remote care

The Memory Book - helpful guide by Paul Whitby

Live Better With Dementia Website- Digital Memory Clocks

Buddi Tracker Stystem

Ownfone- Easy to use Mobile Phone

Sunflower Lanyards

A diagnosis of dementia will bring with it a range of emotions for the person directly affected and their whole family. There is support available to help people come to terms with the changes.

Understanding a person’s emotional needs

Talking therapies available through your GP

We Hear You free counselling

Counselling providers in Wiltshire

Talking Point online forum run by Alzheimer’s Society

Alzheimers Support- Dementia Advisers

AGE UK- Telephone Befriending Service

Swan Advocacy- Create a Living Well Plan

Dementia Action Alliance- Bradford on Avon

Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living

Samaritans

Information on Lasting Power of Attorney- Alzheimers Society Fact Sheet

Applying for Lasting Power of Attorney Online

List of Solicitors in Wiltshire

Driving with Dementia- Alzheimers Society Fact Sheet

Informing the D.V.L.A of a Dementia Diagnosis

Advocacy Services- Rethink

Wiltshire Citizens Advice Bureau- Benefits Advice and Support

Independent Living Centre- Benefits Advice Service

Sometimes the best laid plans need a back up plan.

Carers Emergency Card

Emergency contact information

Intermediate care (after or instead of a hospital stay)

Help leaving hospital

Emergency duty service

Herbert Protocol- Help from Wiltshire Police to find a person if they go missing

Wiltshire Council Adult Social Care- Advice and Contact Team

Wiltshire Victim Support

Telecare, Personal Alarms and Lifelines- Age UK Information Sheet

Alzheimers Support Movement for the Mind Groups

Devizes Walking Group

Bradford on Avon Walking for the Mind Group

Accessible Countryside Walks

Springfield Community Campus, Corsham- Live Well Programme

Age Uk Fitness and Friendship Groups

Westbury Swimming Pool

Strictly Seniors- The Cause, Chippenham

Dance Classes for Older Adults in Wiltshire

Dance Classes by Age Uk

Wiltshire Council Occupational Health Assessments

Independent Living Centre- O.T Assessment for Wheelchairs and Home Adaptions

Melksham Leg and Wellbeing Club

Devizes Leg Club

Assured Mobility - Devizes Mobility Centre

Gompels- Melksham Mobility Centre

Wiltshire Sight- Devizes- Supporting Blind and Partially Sighted People Across Wiltshire

Simply Nails Toenail Cutting Service- Bradford on Avon

Foot Help- Foot Care

Would you like some help filling in forms? Support to make sense of a seemingly bewildering set of options? Or impartial guidance when things go wrong? Advocacy services can help you make choices, get your voice heard and understand your rights. The following links will take you to organisations that can help – or point you in the right direction.

Advocacy services in Wiltshire

Advocacy Easy-Read Guide

Benefits advice in Wiltshire

Healthwatch Wiltshire

Wiltshire Citizens Advice

Wiltshire independent advocacy

Making a complaint about the NHS or a social care service

Wiltshire Local Area Co-Ordinators- Supporting people to obtain information, make practical and local connections

Age UK- Support Service for Completing Forms

Age UK- Completing an Attendance Allowance Form Guide

Attendance Allowance Form

Online Application for a Blue Disability Badge for the Car

Wiltshire Council Applications for a Blue Disability Badge

Age Uk Guide to Completing a Blue Disability Badge

Wiltshire Council Council Tax Reduction Form

CG1 Form to Inform the D.V.L.A. of a Dementia Diagnosis

The Hub, Bradford on Avon- Support with Form Filling

It’s a good idea to stay active and carry on doing the things you have enjoyed doing in the company of others. Or why not join a group doing something completely different?

Accessible countryside walks

Activity groups run by Alzheimer’s Support Including singing, art, gentle exercise, gardening and discussion groups

Art groups

Connecting with others with dementia

Exercise classes

Gardening clubs

GP referral for exercise or other leisure activities

Memory Cafes

Memory Sheds

Music and singing groups

Walking groups

Tuesday Matinee Cinema Club- St Margaret's Hall Bradford on Avon

Trowbridge Silver Cinema- Odeon

Carers Support Wiltshire- Community Connectors

Active Minds- Activities for people living with Dementia, helping families to reconnect and create new memories.

Dementia Radio- BBC Memories Reminiscense Radio

Deepness Dementia Radio- Music for Sleep through the Night

Alzheimers Support- Home Support Service

Kettle's On- Winsley Community Cafe

The Wiltshire Home Library Service

Animals and the Outdoors- Holt

It is notoriously difficult to get about in Wiltshire, but that shouldn’t stop you from doing anything. Whether you need help to get to an appointment or to keep in touch with friends, with the links below you can find some help with getting about:

Community Transport

Wiltshire Link Scheme

Accessible Taxis

Non-emergency hospital transport

Leszan Door-to-Door in Melksham

Driving Miss Daisy

Community Transport South Wiltshire

Are you new to household chores because the person who usually takes care of it has a dementia? Is there just not enough time in the day to get it all done? Maybe there are specific jobs you need help with? Or is there someone you know who could do with a hand?

The links below were compiled in response to questions that came up when we asked people what they need help with. They include support with dog walking, shopping and maintenance around the home

Approved tradespeople (search on this link by postcode and trade, eg plumbing, garden services)

Cleaners

HandyVan – Help for Ex-Service People with Home Adaptions i.e installing personal alarms

Wiltshire Bobby Van- Home Security Service run by Wiltshire Police for Older and Vulnerable People

Wiltshire Council Assisted Service for Rubbish Collection

Learning to cook

Wiltshire Farm Foods

Oakhouse Foods- Delivering Frozen Ready Meals

Melksham Community Meals

Parsley Box

5 A Day Box Home

Meals on Wheels- Ramsbury and Axford

Tasks around the house and dog walking

Warminster Help Team

There are a number of ways professional support can enhance your life with dementia. The term ‘Care’ encompasses everything from a few hours of companionship, someone to help with personal care tasks that have become a little difficult to full time care. Care can be delivered in many ways. Sometimes it is enough to have a few ‘gadgets’ around the home which are monitored remotely to make you feel safe. We have grouped ‘care’ into sections. You can search on these links by postcode for providers near your home.

Alzheimer's Support Support at Home

Care Homes

Easy–read guide to paying for residential care

Guide to Direct Payments to pay for care

Guide for families new to caring for an older person

Home Support

Live in Care

Telecare and Lifelines

AGE UK- Information Sheet on Lifeline Providers

Care Quality Commission- Regulator of Health and Social Care in England

Wiltshire Adult Care and Support Guide 2019/20- Find Care Providers near to you

This is Me Document- A Support Tool to Enable Person-Centred Care

Choosing a Care Home- Dementia.org

John's Campaign- The right for Carers to stay with people with Dementia in hospital

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