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Seize the Day!
Winners of the North East vote!
‘Seize the Day - Positive Living with Dementia’ is Alzheimer Scotland's project to support over 50s with early dementia in Aberdeen city and Aberdeenshire, their carers and family members. By helping them to manage the symptoms of dementia and find positive ways of living with this illness, those affected will be better able to cope.
Dementia is a degenerative, long-term condition which takes a number of different forms, the most common being Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia causes a progressive loss of brain cells, resulting in reduced brain power. Although most people with dementia are over 50, the disease can also strike earlier. A dementia diagnosis is devastating news for the individual and for their families. This project will help them to realise that it is not the end of the world.
‘Seize the Day - Positive Living with Dementia’ will improve people’s abilities to plan for their future and be more in control of the choices and decisions to be made throughout the course of their lives. Managing memory problems, maintaining independence and preserving mental capacity will be addressed, while mental and physical wellbeing, confidence and self esteem, and feelings of isolation will be improved.
The project will offer training, education and group peer support: helping people to stay involved in their communities, as well as raising community awareness to help to improve the day-to-day experiences of people with dementia.
What the group says:
Why should people vote for you?
There are approximately 6,500 people diagnosed with dementia every year. It is a major challenge to come to terms with the diagnosis and its implications. Seize the Day will help and support people in this situation to adjust to, and enjoy, life after diagnosis.
What will you spend the money on?
The money will be used to provide peer support and training to people with early dementia and family carers so that they have a better understanding of the illness and its symptoms and can manage the impact of dementia on their and their families’ lives and future.
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