What is the Dementia Action Alliance? The Dementia Action Alliance (DAA) is a social movement with one simple aim: to bring about a society-wide response to dementia. It encourages and supports local communities and organisations to take practical action to enable people to live well with dementia. Organisations, businesses and groups sign up as a member of the DAA by thinking of some simple steps that would make them more dementia friendly, and these steps form their action plan. Members include local businesses, faith groups, schools, housing schemes, libraries, museums, shops, transport providers and health and social care providers. Anyone can help! Why should my business become a member? It is estimated that there are around 850,000 people across the UK who are living with dementia. As numbers of people living with dementia are predicted to rise it is important that we take action now to support anyone affected by dementia to live well in their community, and we all have a part we can play. Joining the DAA is completely free and the steps you can take don’t have to cost anything either, but could make a positive difference to people affected by dementia. How do I sign up? For support in completing your plan please contact your local DAA Coordinator, Michelle Berry at Michelle.berry@reading.gov.uk. *A word document version of the action plan is available or from your local DAA. What actions I take? Understand more about dementia by organising a free, one hour awareness session for yourself and colleagues. Request an Alzheimer’s Society for customer-facing staff to assist them in serving people living with dementia Review your by looking at seating, signage and facilities using our checklist to ensure it is as accessible as possible Using the DEEP guide, use when talking someone living with dementia, making negative terms such as a thing of the past ‘sufferer’ Think about how you could staff who have a diagnosis of
What is the Dementia Action Alliance? The Dementia Action Alliance (DAA) is a social movement with one simple aim: to bring about a society-wide response to dementia. It encourages and supports local communities and organisations to take practical action to enable people to live well with dementia. Organisations, businesses and groups sign up as a member of the DAA by thinking of some simple steps that would make them more dementia friendly, and these steps form their action plan. Members include local businesses, faith groups, schools, housing schemes, libraries, museums, shops, transport providers and health and social care providers. Anyone can help! Why should my business become a member? It is estimated that there are around 850,000 people across the UK who are living with dementia. As numbers of people living with dementia are predicted to rise it is important that we take action now to support anyone affected by dementia to live well in their community, and we all have a part we can play. Joining the DAA is completely free and the steps you can take don’t have to cost anything either, but could make a positive difference to people affected by dementia. How do I sign up? For support in completing your plan please contact your local DAA Coordinator, Michelle Berry at Michelle.berry@reading.gov.uk. *A word document version of the action plan is available or from your local DAA. What actions I take? Understand more about dementia by organising a free, one hour awareness session for yourself and colleagues. Request an Alzheimer’s Society for customer-facing staff to assist them in serving people living with dementia Review your by looking at seating, signage and facilities using our checklist to ensure it is as accessible as possible Using the DEEP guide, use when talking someone living with dementia, making negative terms such as ‘sufferer’ a thing of the past Think about how you could staff who have a diagnosis of
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