Memory Bus offers insight into dementia
Alzheimer Scotland will head to Perth next month to promote dementiafriendly awareness.
The charity’s ‘Memory Bus’ is on the road and will drive into Perth on Friday, September 6 to stage two Dementia Friends information sessions at The Gateway Centre.
The first session will last from 3pm4pm and the second from 7pm-8pm.
The national dementia charity is inviting the community to take part on the day to help increase awareness and change perceptions of dementia.
The Dementia Friends initiative aims The‘Memory Bus’is coming to Perth
to give people more insight in to the condition and the everyday challenges people living with dementia face. It demonstrates the small changes that can often make a big difference to people living with dementia such as adapting how you speak and giving clear information, removing some of the challenges that can cause confusion and changing behaviour.
The three-week tour of Scotland will visit 11 rural locations throughout the country to help boost the number of Dementia Friends in Scotland to 90,000, one for each person living with dementia.
Members of the public and local businesses are being encouraged to attend the free information session to help Perth become a dementia-friendly community.
Anne McWhinnie, Alzheimer Scotland’s programme manager, said: “Getting out on the road with the Alzheimer Scotland Memory Bus is a new and exciting project for us and is a great way for us to talk to new communities about what it is like to live with dementia and how individual and communities can turn this into a positive action.
“We have over 85,000 Dementia Friends in Scotland who have all committed to reducing the stigma of the illness by making the small but vital changes that will help people with dementia to feel understood and valued in our communities. Come along and speak to us and learn more about dementia. Together, we can make a real difference.”