Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Action Week
Monday 17th until Sunday 23rd May
This year, we’re calling on the Government to cure the care system now, and we need your help. Read on to find out how you can get involved.
Sign the petition to reform social care
Feelings of confusion, desperation and isolation don’t just affect people with dementia, they’re symptoms the people closest to them experience too.
Right now, the broken social care system means that in the UK, nearly 1 million people with dementia and their families are struggling to get the support and care that they need and deserve. Decades of underfunding and neglect have led to a care system that’s difficult to access, costly, inadequate and deeply unfair. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed these problems like never before.
Until things change, a dementia diagnosis will continue to claim more than one life, as families facing dementia feel its destructive effects.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
Sign our petition calling on the Government to cure the care system now. Because while dementia isn’t curable yet, the care system is.
Reach Friends virtually
It’s the perfect time to think about how you might reach more people to spread the word! Have you considered running Virtual Sessions? Sign up for one of our Zoom workshops for everything you need to know about how to deliver your Sessions via livestream or webinar.
Watch & Share the DAW film
Watch and share our short film, starting Kate Dickie, showing the impact of the the broken social care system has on carers. Without support, dementia claims more than one life.
Don your dungarees: Denim for Dementia
Another great way to get involved in the week is to don your denim and raise much needed funds for Alzheimer’s Society. Take part at work or at home – wherever you like! Every penny raised will go towards helping people affected by dementia.
Watch (or rewatch!) the DAW webinar
You can watch back the special DAW webinar we recently ran to hear all about this year’s campaign and also hear from some great guest speakers, including Alzheimer’s Society Head of Marketing, Sylvia Lowe.