Dementia directory
Caremark Plymouth
If you are looking for someone to help you with care at home, to maintain your independence and enjoy the life you want to lead, Caremark (Plymouth) could help. We offer local care services and home care support to help you continue to enjoy life to its fullest.
Carers Emergency Response Service
This service provides specialist short-term emergency home-based cover (up to 72 hours) to those people who are looked after at home by an unpaid Carer in cases when a Carer has an emergency and can no longer provide care.
Cera Care Plymouth
Cera Care is Europe's largest provider of digital-first home healthcare, we are redefining healthcare by moving more and more services out of hospitals and into people's own homes.
Dementia Advisor Service - Livewell Southwest
Advice and information to those with a diagnosis of dementia, mild cognitive impairment and individuals concerned about their memory.
Dementia Care - Derriford Hospital
Dementia is an umbrella term used to describe symptoms which include gradual memory loss, difficulties in communication and a reduction in logical thinking; people with dementia may have changes in behaviour, reversed sleeping patterns, and altered appetite.
Dementia Quality Mark
The Dementia Quality Mark is an accreditation process for care homes that provide a dementia service.
Memory Matters
Memory Matters is a Community Interest Company (CIC). We trade for public benefit rather than private gain and all of our projects and services are designed, developed and built on the needs of those affected by dementia.
Moments Cafe and Memory Matters Hub
Moments Café and Memory Matters Hub in Plymouth offer a group for anyone living with dementia and their carers where they can take part in different activities and to have a friendly chat.
Plymouth Dementia Action Alliance
The Plymouth Dementia Action Alliance (PDAA) is made up of over 100 organisations who have come together to transform the quality of life for people with dementia and those who care for them in Plymouth.
Pure First Care Services
Pure First Care Services delivers high-quality care services that enable people to live independently in their own homes with dignity and respect.
Symptoms of dementia
Dementia is not a disease itself but rather a collection of symptoms that result from damage to the brain caused by different diseases, such as Alzheimer's.
The Filo Project
The Filo Project predominantly supports older people living with early to moderate dementia by providing meaningful, sociable and regular days out in an intimate home setting.
Woolwell Memory Cafe
A memory cafe provides a place where any member of the public, who feels that they, or a person they know, may have a short term memory problem, can drop in without an appointment, and talk to an experienced volunteer.