Elderly Care

The Greenwich Pensioners Forum

The Greenwich Pensioners Forum meets on the last Friday of the month (except December) at Woolwich Town Hall. The purpose of the forum is to defend and promote the wellbeing of the 55 plus people living in Greenwich.

Telephone: 020 8473 6786

Age UK

Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. They believe in a world where everyone can love later life and they work every day to achieve this.

Telephone: 0208 315 1850

Website: Welcome to Age UK Bromley & Greenwich

Visit the Greenwich Community Directory: www.greenwichcommunitydirectory.org.uk – Adults and Older People

NHC Choices Dementia Guide

www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia/early-diagnosis-benefits

www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia/diagnosis-plan

Dementia Diaries

Dementia Diaries is a UK-wide project that brings together people’s diverse experiences of living with dementia as a series of audio diaries. It serves as a public record and a personal archive that documents the views, reflections and day-to-day lives of people living with dementia, with the aim of prompting dialogue and changing attitudes.

Website: www.dementiadiaries.org

Alzheimer’s Society

Want to talk about dementia? We’re here for you!

Website: www.forum.alzheimers.org.uk

DEEP (The Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project)

The Dementia Engagement & Empowerment Project (DEEP) brings together groups of people with dementia from across the UK.

DEEP supports these groups to try to change services and policies that affect the lives of people with dementia.

Website: www.dementiavoices.org.uk

Alzeimer’s Society Dementia Guide

Living well after diagnosis.

Website: www.alzheimers.org.uk – The Dementia Guide

Mental Health Foundation

Still Going Strong – A guide To Living With Dementia

Website: www.mentalhealth.org.uk – Still Going Strong – A guide To Living With Dementia

Silver Line

Free phone support for older people, 24 hours a day.

Telephone: 0800 4708 090

Website: www.thesilverline.org.uk

Dementia

Dementia UK offers specialist one-to-one support and expert advice for people living with dementia.

Telephone: 0800 888 6678

Website: www.dementiauk.org

Dementia Friends

Dementia Friends is a national campaign which aims to raise the awareness of the condition Dementia, which mainly affects people over the age of 65.

Website: www.dementiafriends.org.uk