Elderly Care Advice

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Elderly Care Support

Dementia UK

Dementia UK offers specialist one-to-one support and expert advice for people living with dementia.

Telephone: 0800 888 6678

Website: www.dementiauk.org

Age UK

Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. We believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this.

Telephone: 0800 169 2081

Website: www.ageuk.org.uk

Care in Kent

Care in Kent do their best to ensure our elderly loved ones are able to stay in their own homes for as long as possible by helping out with household chores and the shopping, and even by popping in as often as they can for a cuppa and a chat.

Telephone: 01233 619530

Website: www.careinkent.co.uk

The Silver Line

Silver Line is a free confidential helpline providing information, friendship and support to older people, open 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

Telephone: 0800 4708 090

Website: www.thesilverline.org.uk

Next Steps

Dementia Change Action Network (DCAN) have created Next Steps to provide information and support whilst waiting for a memory assessment.

Wesbite: nextsteps.org.uk

 

CARM

Caring Altogether on Romney Marsh (CARM) is a charity working to reduce loneliness and isolation of older people in the area.

They offer one-to-one befriending, group meeting points and care setting reminiscence services to older people.

Telephone: 01233 758122

Website: carmromneymarsh.org.uk

Drop-In Clinics

Social Prescribing Coffee Mornings

Drop-in between 10am and 12pm

Thurs 16th Feb 2023 - Hamstreet Surgery

Thurs 16th Mar 2023 - Woodchurch pop in

Thurs 20th Apr 2023 - Charing Surgery

Thurs 18th May 2023 - Ivy Court Surgery

Thurs 15th Jun 2023 - Hamstreet Surgery

Thurs 20th Jul 2023 - Woodchurch pop in

Thurs 17th Aug 2023 - Charing Surgery

Thurs 21st Sep 2023 - Ivy Court Surgery

Thurs 19th Oct 2023 - Hamstreet Surgery

Thurs 16th Nov 2023 - Woodchurch pop in

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Dementia Drop-In Clinics

Dementia drop-in clinics are held between 12pm-2pm on the first Friday of every month. The clinic is held at different GP surgeries around Ashford on a rotation basis:

Fri 6th Jan 23 Charing Surgery Fri 3rd Feb 23 Ivy Court Surgery
Fri 3rd Mar 23 Hamstreet Surgery Fri 14th Apr 23 St Stephens Health Centre
Fri 5th May 23 Charing Surgery Fri 2nd Jun 23 Ivy Court Surgery
Fri 7th Jul 23 Hamstreet Surgery Fri 4th Aug 23 St Stephens Health Centre
Fri 1st Sep 23  Charing Surgery Fri 6th Oct 23  Ivy Court Surgery
Fri 3rd Nov 23  Hamstreet Surgery Fri 1st Dec 23  St Stephens Health Centre

For more information, please ring Ashford Older Peoples’ Service on 01233 658125.

Page last reviewed: 26 January 2021
Page created: 26 January 2021