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Join Dementia Research is a nationwide online and telephone service that makes it easier for people to register their interest in volunteering for dementia research studies.

Our help card can help members of your local community like staff or officials to make your visits and experiences more dementia friendly.

The staff and volunteers were very warm, welcoming and extremely friendly the day I arrived.

Developing a new model of day care for people in the advanced stage of dementia: a pilot study

I can’t praise the Alzheimer Scotland staff highly enough. They’ve been great to Bill and me all these years. I don’t know what we would have done without them!

Keeping clean and suitably dressed is important to all of us. It affects how we feel about ourselves and how other people react to us.

Alzheimer Scotland’s Five Pillar Model of Post Diagnostic Support which sets out the five key elements which are essential to supporting people after their diagnosis.

The volunteer work I do is really varied; helping out with monthly meetings, interviewing members about their experiences of setting up audio-visual equipment – I’ve even accompanied a member to a European Parliament meeting in Brussels!

Practical advice and information on how to weigh-up information and options for action when faced with situations in which major decisions need to be made.

A way for individuals to work with the social work department, other organisations and paid workers to put together a package of care that suits their needs and the way they want to live their lives.