Meeting Centres Dementia Community Workshop

In conjunction with Meeting Centres Scotland we are hoping to start a Meeting Centre which is a community based inclusive intervention to support people with mild to moderate dementia and their family carers. There are over 140 Meeting Centres in the Netherlands that have demonstrated benefits for people living with dementia, including reducing behavioural and psychological problems and delaying admission to residential care. Family carers reported lower levels of stress and greater competence. Research undertaken within pilot sites in the UK have also demonstrated good feedback.
This is a very exciting initiative and one which has the potential to improve and support the well-being of people with dementia and their families living locally. This initial information meeting is open to all who think they may be interested, so the wider we make the invitation list the better at this stage.