Support for family and carers of people with Dementia
A carer is someone who provides unpaid practical and/or emotional support to an adult or child with an illness, disability, frailty, mental health problems or addiction.
Sheffield Carers Centre
Advice, information and support for unpaid carers. This includes an advice line, carer activities and workshops, carers café and support groups, carer e-newsletter, carer discount card, help to plan for an emergency, ‘time for a break’ fund and much more.
Watch the ‘Caring for someone with dementia in Sheffield’ video and hear Sheffield carers share their experiences and explain what helped them.
Carer Advice Line: 0114 272 8362.
Sheffield Dementia Carers Training Service
A programme of 6 x 2 hour workshops, delivered by the Alzheimer’s Society in Sheffield, which will:
- Equip you with knowledge, skills and the emotional resilience to support you as a dementia carer.
- Provide an opportunity to meet other dementia carers.
Workshops are delivered at local community venues, or online via Zoom/Teams. For more information please read the Sheffield Dementia Carers Training Service poster.
Contact Alzheimer’s Society Sheffield Dementia Carers Training Service to book your place:
Call: 0114 276 8414.
Email: sheffield@alzheimers.org.uk.
People Keeping Well (PKW) community dementia carer support
Many of the local People Keeping Well organisations run information and support groups for dementia carers.
Many carers also benefit from attending memory cafés and dementia groups and sharing with others in a similar position.
You can be put in touch via the Dementia Advice Sheffield Service.
Age UK Sheffield: Dementia Advice Sheffield.
Call: 0114 250 2875.
Email: dementiaadvice@ageuksheffield.org.uk.
There's also a full list of all the PKW organisations on the main Dementia Support in Sheffield page.
Dementia Day Activities
Dementia Day Activities provide:
- A dementia-friendly place to spend the whole day on a regular basis
- Enjoyable activities based on the interests of people with dementia and what they like to do
- A regular break for their unpaid carers and family members.
Find out more about Dementia Day Activities in Sheffield.
Dementia Carers Count
Dementia Carers Count is a national charity, offering a range of free services that give family carers the opportunity to learn and understand more about dementia and to connect with others in a similar situation. They offer practical advice on the reality and challenges of being a carer, as well as a Virtual Carers Centre.
TIDE Dementia Carer support
Together in Dementia Everyday (TIDE) is the voice, friend and future of all carers of people with dementia. It helps to connect dementia carers, grow their confidence through an online carer development programme and influence real change.
Together in Dementia Everyday (TIDE): What We Do.
Dementia UK: Looking after yourself as a carer
Taking care of yourself often falls down the list when you’re caring for someone with dementia. But looking after your own wellbeing is just as important.
Dementia UK provides advice and support for family and carers of people with Dementia including breaking difficult news, dealing with feelings of guilt, caring from a distance, family support, what to do when your person with dementia doesn’t recognise you, and much more.
Dementia UK: Looking after yourself as a carer.
Dementia Dreammakers
Dementia Dreammakers facilitates life enhancing experiences for people living with dementia in Sheffield. They want to show that a dementia diagnosis is the start of a beginning, not the beginning of an end.
They encourage people in Sheffield who are affected by dementia to tell of their hopes, dreams and aspirations, and then Dementia Dreammakers aims to make those dreams come true and provide a once in a lifetime experience.
Dementia Dreammakers: Making Every Moment Matter.
Resource pack for carers
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has produced a resource pack for carers called ‘Caring for someone with dementia at home’. It includes tips for managing, activity ideas, self-care tips for carers, managing stress, muscle relaxation exercises, meeting needs, online resource links, TV and radio resources.
Caring for someone with Dementia at home (PDF 271 KB).
Avoiding caregiver stress and burnout
The demands of caregiving can be exhausting and overwhelming, but this article gives steps you can take to rein in stress and regain a sense of balance, joy, and hope in your life.
Help Guide: Caregiver stress and burnout.
