Alzheimer’s Society launches café support group in Alderley Edge

by Lisa Reeves

Wednesday 6^th May 2015

Wed 6^th May 2015

A new support group for people with dementia and their families is being launched by Alzheimer's Society on Thursday, 14th May.

The new Dementia Café will provide an opportunity for people with dementia and their carers to socialise and get much needed face to face support. Dementia Cafés provide a platform to talk openly about living with dementia within a relaxed and informal environment.

The Alderley Edge Dementia Café will run on every second Thursday of the month between 11am and 1pm, at The Merlin on Wilmslow Road. This is a free service and everyone who has dementia as well as their families and friends, are encouraged to come along.

Joy Alderson, Services Manager for Alzheimer's Society in Cheshire East said: "Alzheimer's Society's Dementia cafes can really help improve people's quality of life. They give people with the condition and their carers the opportunity to socialise with others in similar situations and receive vital support. They're also a great source of information and guidance which can help people to live well with the condition."

As well as Dementia Cafés, Alzheimer's Society in Cheshire East runs a number of services. For more information contact the Macclesfield office on 01625 503302 or visit alzheimers.org.uk/localinfo

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Ruth Norbury

Wednesday 6^th May 2015 at 11:43 am

Such good news!
My Dad has early-onset Alzheimers and we are helping him to move to Alderley Edge, hopefully in June, to be near us (within sight of our front door!)
This should help him a great deal, many thanks indeed to the Alzheimer's Society.

Martin Dixon

Wednesday 6^th May 2015 at 11:59 am

I lost my mum to Alzheimer's last year and had to watch as she slowly deteriorated. So my heart goes out to you Ruth.

The Alzheimer's Society do great work helping to support those suffering with this cruel disease and their families.

Elly Herald

Wednesday 6^th May 2015 at 5:08 pm

How fantastic! My Grandfather had dementia for the last 10 years of his life and we managed to care for him at our home until he passed away in his sleep. Support groups are vital for carers and sufferers so they can discuss coping strategies and experiences with people. I hope as many as possible get to use the facility as they can and it makes the journey of what is such a terrible disease more easy to bear. Great that The Merlin are supporting this!"

Charlotte Peters Rock

Tuesday 12^th May 2015 at 11:50 pm

With the messier stages of dementias within the home, one might consider that a return to adequate day, overnight respite, dementia care and assessment (can't get psychological assessment for love nor money) and intermediate care would be of some importance. Yet many GPs would not allow their own patients to sign the petition which was recently presented to Eastern Cheshire CCG. In any case, aside from its main promoter being handicapped by an unwarrantedly olnt term say of her dementid relative in the wrong ward for his dementia needs, at Macclesfield Hospital, the petition still managed to gather in excess of 4000 signatures.

This dementia cafe (great as it is) is set against a backgound of removal of services, secretive applications - by Managment - for Deprivation of Liberty when demented patients land in hospital, and unlawful assessments behind the back of the patient's Registered Attorney.

Dementia Cafes are great, for socialising, if you are not trapped, but we need a full lawful recognition that with little or no understanding of dementias, and how they affect families, our 'place of safety' - the hospital - seeks to further compound problems.

And our Mental Health Trust refuses to aid demented patients, once they land in hosptial, where any assessment, is then taken with no reference to the main part of that patient - the failing brain.

Thursday 14^th May 2015 at 10:11 pm

This was good! Thanks to the Alzheimer's Society for arranging this.

We went to the Merlin with my Dad, he was up for chatting & we met some very nice people. We will definitely be at the next one on 11th June.

It's difficult to explain how comforting it was to meet other people (sufferers and their families) who understand what the difficulties are.

My Dad has just officially joined the Alzheimer's Society - so you can tell he was impressed.
Thank you.