Dementia Advice Sheffield

A service run by Age UK Sheffield

Dementia Advice Sheffield 

Supporting professionals and volunteers to be dementia friendly

In 2019 Sheffield City Council has awarded our charity the contract to run the new Dementia Specialist Advice Service. This purpose of the service is to support professionals and volunteers across the city to be dementia friendly.

The central element of this service involves us offering specialist dementia guidance, support and training to professionals working with people who have dementia and their families and carers. We are delighted to be working in partnership with Enrichment for the Elderly who hold training and workshops which are open to local professionals such as voluntary sector staff, libraries, and housing officers, to increase their knowledge of dementia, with the aim of making Sheffield a truly dementia-friendly city. Many of our 2024 sessions have already seen high demand.

This is a non – clinical service and is not a public-facing helpline as it has been created specifically for professionals, by which we mean any staff, workers and volunteers working with people living with dementia and their families, even though they may not actually see themselves as being professionals within dementia care and support.

We do however still offer many services for people living with dementia and their families, such as our Wellbeing Centre, dementia cafes and Independent Living Coordination services.

If you need more information - please do contact us at Age UK Sheffield -  0114 250 2850