Dementia Awareness Workshop

Published: 12 September 2023

Haddenham Parish Council is hosting a free dementia awareness workshop run by Bluebird Care on Tuesday 3rd October in the Conference Room located at Haddenham Village Hall.

Director of Bluebird Care Aylesbury, George Morris, said:

“One in four people will be affected by dementia in their lifetimes, which is why it’s important to work with individuals and their families to try and make life much easier for those who live with it.”

Set up by the Alzheimer’s Society, Dementia Friends information sessions have been running across the country for several years and focus on improving inclusion and quality of life for people living with dementia.

To register for the free session, please contact clerk@haddenham-bucks-pc.gov.uk. 

Dementia facts and figures

• There are 850,000 people with dementia in the UK, with numbers set to rise to over 1 million by 2025.
• 225,000 will develop dementia this year, that’s one every three minutes.
• 1 in 6 people over the age of 80 have dementia.
• 70 per cent of people in care homes have dementia or severe memory problems.
• There are over 40,000 people under 65 with dementia in the UK.
• More than 25,000 people from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups in the UK are affected.