Dementia friendly communities
Project summary
To work closely with various community facilities, businesses, leisure facilities and shops to assess their venue or facility to see how they can make their facility dementia friendly. This will include looking at various signage, any floor stickers, and door mats.
Key partners
Project outputs
- To work with a minimum of 70% of businesses and organisations on their buildings.
- Community engagement days and sessions.
- To install and provide necessary signage to facilities.
Scheme objectives
To create dementia friendly facilities and communities on the island. Find out how to get involved.
Community listening campaign
Project summary
This project will include working with various communities on the island on mapping and identifying the services that are out there for people living with dementia, their carers and family members. This project will also focus on attending community listening campaigns, meeting and discussing issues within the community and identifying what we need to work on.
Key partners
Project outputs
- To map current services out within the communities for people living with dementia, their carers and family members.
- To seek what the community members would like us to prioritise and work on.
- To assess and gain feedback of the quality of community care available for those people living with dementia.
Scheme objectives
To establish the current assets, services, communities feedback and to improve community services and care.
Raising awareness
Project summary
This project will include working with members of the public, organisation staff, public sector staff, local businesses staff and emergency workers staff to raise awareness of dementia. It will involve delivery of variety of information sessions.
Key partners
Project outputs
- To map current services out within the communities for people living with dementia, their carers and family members.
- To seek what the community members would like us to prioritise and work on.
- To assess and gain feedback of the quality of community care available for those people living with dementia.
Scheme objectives
To establish the current assets, services, communities feedback and to improve community services and care.