Dementia Care Training

Stockport Dementia Care is all about health and social care services working together to provide training and support for professionals, carers, family and friends of people with dementia.

Dementia is a term used to describe various different brain disorders that have in common a loss of brain function that is usually progressive and eventually severe. There are over 100 types of dementia. The most common are Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies. Symptoms include loss of memory, confusion and problems with speech and understanding.

Stockport Dementia Care offers:

• Carers Informations groups
• Carers Library
• Carers Training sessions
• Training for professionals and waged carers

If you are a carer for a person with dementia or would like to find out more about Alzheimer's and the other illnesses that cause dementia then get in touch.

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Useful contacts

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Stockport Dementia Care
Address: The Meadows, Owens Farm Drive, Offerton, Stockport SK2 5EQ
Phone: 0161 419 6016
Fax: 0161 419 6008
Email: ruth.mills@nhs.net

Signpost Stockport for Carers
Address: The Heaton Centre, Thornfield Road, Heaton Moor. Stockport SK4 3LD
Phone: 0161 442 0442
Fax: 0161 947 4699
Web: www.signpostforcarers.org.uk
Email: info@signpostforcarers.org.uk

Alzheimer's Society Stockport
Address: 292B London Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport SK6 4RD
Phone: 0161 483 4446
Fax: 0161 483 4446
Web: www.stockportalzheimers.org.uk
Email: info@stockportalzheimers.org.uk