A care home marked Alzheimer's Awareness Month in September.
Care home residents and staff at Barchester’s Rose Lodge, Wisbech, dedicated the month to raising awareness of Alzheimer's, a form of dementia.
Dementia is the loss of cognitive functions such as thinking, remembering, and reasoning, which can impact daily life.
Memory, language skills, visual perception, problem solving, self-management, and the ability to focus and pay attention can all be affected.
The number of people living with dementia in the UK is forecast to increase to over one million.
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Barchester Healthcare, which runs Rose Lodge, said it has been supporting families with dementia care since 1992.
The company has specially designed, dementia-friendly Memory Lane communities.
General manager Meg Jones said: “Alzheimer’s and dementia affect many of our residents so all staff receive specialist dementia training to provide person-centred care at the heart of everything we do.
"We are proud to provide an environment that helps residents to find their way around independently as much as possible, and that residents are happy to call home.”
Throughout the month, residents learned about how dementia can affect the way we think and perceive things, and considered how they could help people living with dementia.
The month of raising awareness was rounded off with an afternoon tea and a live performance from KJ and the Catt.
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The care home is run by Barchester Healthcare, which is one of the UK’s largest care providers.
It provides nursing, residential, and dementia care, as well as respite care.
It strongly believes people living with dementia should "enjoy a fulfilled and happy life".
All Barchester staff receive dementia care training to ensure the best care is provided for residents, and they embrace the very latest technology and techniques to ensure our residents can live a life that feels comfortable, enriching and connected.
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