Helping one another

I’m indebted this week to another blogger, Hilary Douglas-Smith. Hilary’s blog is radically different in purpose from mine, because it supports young mums in the Bishopston area of Bristol. This might not seem the most obvious association for a dementia charity, but please read on!

BRACE works all the time with community groups and local businesses. It helps us get our message out and about – face to face, on paper or online. When I met Hilary to discuss ways we could help one another in and around her part of Bristol, I discovered that she had worked for the Alzheimer’s Society and knows a lot about supporting people with dementia and their families. She wrote out some useful advice for anyone thinking of setting up a support group for carers. It’s a bit long to paste straight into my blog but, if you’d like a copy, just email me and I’ll send it to you. 

We are a dementia research charity, of course, and people looking for advice on care and support will generally turn to the Alzheimer’s Society. However, we have a useful page of wide ranging links on this site, and we know that this helped people urgently seeking help and advice about coping with dementia in the family. While our charitable aims are very clearly defined, we’re happy also to be a hub for people looking for information about other aspects of the struggle with dementia.

So thank you, Hilary, for helping us to help others.