We are proud to announce our latest grant to a local Day Care Group, Darnall Dementia
Darnall Dementia group provides day care for people with dementia.
The grant will go towards providing singing sessions once a month, when an external provider comes to the Day Centre. The sessions are very popular with their clients and provide respite for their carer’s. The songs are tailored to the preferences of the clients (it's a broad spectrum from traditional songs to nursery rhyme type songs right through to The Clash!!). The songs often get some clients up singing and dancing, while others like to just sit and listen - so they are very important for their physical & mental wellbeing as well as triggering memories from a time before they had dementia. One of their clients commented that “she loves it at the Day Centre & that it is a place where you learn to be happy”. A carer commented that “she now has time when she doesn’t have to worry about her mum & isn’t constantly on edge”. The local authority during Darnalls annual review in April commented that “”the Day Centre atmosphere felt like a family get together”. If you would like to find out more please visit: www.darnalldementiagroup.co.uk