Winchester Go LD
Winchester Go LD supports adults with learning disabilities and their families with information, signposting, training and social activities
- Updated:
- 26 January 2016
- Sectors:
- Care, Voluntary
- Local Alliances:
- Hampshire Dementia Action Alliance
1. Action Plan
1. The National Dementia Declaration lists seven outcomes that the DAA are seeking to achieve for people with dementia and their carers. How would you describe your organisation’s role in delivering better outcomes for people with dementia and their carers?
Through supporting adults with a learning disability and enabling them to understand what dementia is and to recognise some of the signs and generally raise awareness about dementia
2. What are the challenges to delivering these outcomes from the perspective of your organisation?
Making it clear and understandable to people with learning disabilities
Member website
winchestergold.org.uk2. Actions
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Dementia Awareness raising for staff and members
Ensure all staff and members attend a dementia awareness raising session
- Status:
- Being implemented, Delivered
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Recognising signs
Talking to members about recognising signs of dementia to make them more aware, this could be raised at our regular lunch clubs
- Status:
- Planning
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Involve people with dementia
Ensure any people with learning disabilities who have dementia are included in the organisation’s activities wherever possible
- Status:
- Being implemented
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Dementia Friendly Environment
Review premises to look at ways the environment could be more dementia friendly and make changes where appropriate/possible e.g. signage/lighting
- Status:
- Investigating
2015 - First Quarter Update
New memeber