Local Care Home Launches Dementia Support Café With Support From Chippenham Police
In order to support residents’ relatives and friends, and the local community, Barchester’s Cepen Lodge Care Home in Chippenham is launching a regular monthly dementia café on the last Friday of the month and everyone is welcome to attend. The first café was opened today with the support of PCSO Cunningham and PCSO Staples from Chippenham Police to discuss the Herbert Protocol and dementia wristbands available to those living with dementia in the community.
During a recent visit PCSO Cunningham and PCSO Staples also got to meet resident David Jennings, who served as a PC for Wiltshire Police from 1965 until 1990, he was PC 576 Jennings who also policed in Chippenham from 1966 – 1968. They had a great talk about memories and reminisced on the good old days!
Each month, the dementia café will be open for all to come along and meet others who are supporting friends and family living with dementia, or who think a loved one may have dementia. It will be a chance to find out about coping strategies, how to get a diagnosis, what support is available and get help and advice from people who are having a similar experience. Fellow professionals in the community will also be in attendance to offer advice and support. Come along for a cuppa, a slice of cake and a chance to relax and unwind.
Senior General Manager, Jade Hodge says:
“We want to help and support relatives, friends and members of our local community who have loved ones who are living with dementia. The café will be a great way to relax, make friends, find out information about dementia from our specially trained staff. We are inviting everyone to come along and have a coffee and chat to others who have friends and family members living with dementia or who are concerned about a loved one. In addition to this, it was wonderful to see one of our residents from our residential community reminiscing and talking about his past career in the Police with PCSO’s Cunningham and Staples. Both will be back again for our next Dementia Café, and regular meetings with our residents. Engaging with our local community and public services is so important to us, not just for our residents but also for the community too.”
