A CHARITY has developed a wide range of services for people affected by dementia.

Guild Care, based in Worthing, says living well with the condition is an emotional journey that requires trust and a feelings-based approach.

The services aim to emotionally connect people living with dementia.

There are about 50,000 people in the South East living with the illness.

Guild Care’s Haviland House has a purpose-built home dedicated to dementia care called the Bradbury Centre.

It offers a unique, person-centred approach which allows those with dementia to continue to live well.

It also allows carers to find solace in the thought that their loved ones are in safe hands.

Maureen’s husband Colin attends Bradbury and found she wasn’t meeting people because she was a carer and that losing friends to busy lives was just the way dementia affected other people’s lives.

She said, “I was so pleased and so lucky to find Guild Care.

“Guild Care means that Colin is looked after and I know that he is safe and happy.

“They do musical things, games, things to stimulate him and they give him a nice lunch.

“For me the benefits are different in that I can go back to being an individual person.

“I can go out and meet people,

“I can have lunch out, I can go shopping and that’s the freedom Guild Care has given me and I can’t tell you how grateful I am.”

Guild Care dementia services recognise the importance of providing specialist care, which is why they are one of the organisation’s core focuses.

One is Dementia Day Breaks for people over 50 with a memory or cognitive impairment or a diagnosis of dementia.

This is a service designed to support and stimulate people with dementia that runs on a Wednesday from 9.30am until 3pm.

It costs £65 per session, including transport to and from Linfield House, a two-course lunch, all activities and outings.

The service creates a friendly, comfortable and safe environment close to the centre of Worthing that offers therapeutic art and music activities.

It also provides excursions such as walks to the Downs, trips to garden centres or pub lunches with support staff, hairdressing and assisted bathing facilities on site.

The high level of centre based care include a manager and three dementia trained support workers who will use their extensive knowledge in cognitive therapies to enable people to maintain memory function for as long as possible.

To find out more about dementia services at Guild Care, call the Customer Enquiries Team.

Guild Care’s Head Office is based at Methold House, North Street, Worthing.