Newbury care home helps town become dementia friendly

A care home in Newbury is helping to create a dementia-friendly community.

On Thursday 10^th March, from 11am-12pm, local people are invited to attend a virtual Dementia Friends event hosted by Care UK’s Winchcombe Place care home, on Maple Crescent.

The Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends programme is an initiative created to change people’s perceptions of dementia, raising awareness and understanding of the condition. It aims to transform the way the nation thinks, acts and talks about dementia. 

Vicki Lambourne, Dementia Friends Champion and Customer Relations Manager at Winchcombe Place will be covering a number of topics to help people understand what it is like to live with the condition. There will also be support and practical advice on what dementia is and how memories are lost, as well as useful tips on how to overcome communication barriers and discover positive approaches to living with dementia.

There will also be advice for those attending on the small things they can do to make a difference to people living with dementia in the community. 

Vicki said: “At Winchcombe Place, we are committed to encouraging others to learn about dementia, and we are really proud of the progress we have made by supporting the Dementia Friends initiative. We want to educate people, but also help the community turn their knowledge into action by making our community more aware of those living with the condition. 

“We look forward to hosting this virtual event. These sessions have proven incredibly popular in the past, so booking a place is essential.”

For anyone unsure about how to take part in the virtual event, help is at hand. The team at Winchcombe Place will host the event using Teams, an online meeting space. Simply call or email Customer Relations Manager, Vicki Lambourne, and she will send a link to join the event and share her tips to make the most out of the session.

The team at Winchcombe Place have forged strong ties with their local community and are always on hand to offer advice, support and a friendly face to chat to. The state-of-the-art care home provides full-time residential, nursing, dementia and short-term respite care, and incorporates space for hobby and leisure activities and includes its own cinema, hair salon and café.

To book your place at this event, email Vicki Lambourne, Customer Relations Manager, at vicki.lambourne@careuk.com or call 0333 321 1923.

To find out more about Winchcombe Place, visit careuk.com/winchcombe-place.

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