Activities
The society:
- has 230 local branches provide support and information for people with dementia and their carers
- provides information and support for people with dementia and their carers by telephone and online, including factsheets which can be downloaded
- supports research along the themes of "cause, cure, care", by making research grants and providing the "Dementia Knowledge Centre", whose catalogue is available online
- provides information for health and care professionals to help them to care for people with dementia
- campaigns for the rights of people with dementia and their carers, including awareness-raising and lobbying.
- released an iPhone app to spread awareness of dementia
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“Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again.”
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