Dementia Disco

PLEASE NOTE WHILST THE SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES ARE IN PLACE ALL EVENTS WILL BE HELD ONLINE. PLEASE CONTACT NICK FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

The Dementia Disco will be a place to come and enjoy your favourite music and maybe even have a dance. We'll be encouraging people to get involved with choosing the music to ensure we cover all tastes from rock n roll to disco. We want to make sure everyone feels welcome and comfortable.

We have been doing a lot of thinking about how to respond to the coronavirus outbreak, and we have been looking into potential ways to hold a virtual Dementia Disco remotely using video conferencing software.

It doesn’t matter if you’ve never been to one of our discos before, or if you’re not living with dementia; if you’re just feeling like you need to see some different (some pretty funny-looking) faces, and are prepared to put up with some wildly inadequate IT skills, then get in touch, please email us at dementiadisco@gmail.com to find out more.

Benefits:

• Lowers anxiety
  
• Reduces loneliness
  
• Lowers agitation
  
• Involves carers
  
• Self expression
  
• Creative expression and stimulation
  
• Motivation
  
• Physical engagement
  
• Social connections – supporting relationships
  
• Maintenance or development of identity and self
  
• Facilitating communication
  
• Pleasure and enjoyment
  
• Contributing to a creative outcome
  

Phases:

• Living well
  
• Pre-diagnosis
  
• Diagnosis
  
• Post diagnosis – early years
  

Amenities:

• Toilets
  
• Parking
  
• Refreshments
  
• Disabled access
  
• Public transport
  

[Last updated: 2020-04-09 13:07:59]