Last week I visited the Merton Dementia Hub. The Hub is a centre for dementia sufferers and carers to meet others. They also hold a number of educational and club type sessions. There is also a treatment room for the use of doctors, dentists and chiropodists etc. We are lucky that in this Borough we have the first such facility.
I also took the chance to do the short course to become a Dementia Friend. This takes less than an hour but is an invaluable insight into the disease and how it affects people in in different ways. I recommend the Alzheimer’s Society and this short course to everyone. Over 1000 people in the local area are afflicted by this disease so understanding their illness is vital.