Services for people with dementia
Social Work Services have a specialist team who can advise on how best to meet the particular needs of people with dementia and their carers. Please contact your local Social Work office for more information. The following services are also available:
Berwickshire Dementia Day Service
This is a specialist care service provided in a homely domestic setting in the grounds of Lanark Lodge, Duns, providing social support, advice and respite care. For more information, you should contact your local Social Work office or contact the Duns Social Work office directly on 01361 883050.
NHS Borders
Specialist day units for people with dementia are also provided by NHS Borders. They operate under the Mental Health for the Elderly Team (MHET) and provide personal and practical care as well as therapeutic activities.
Alzheimer's Scotland
The Borders branch of Alzheimer's Scotland (this will take you to another website) offers information, advice and support to carers and can help with legal issues and rights. It also provides individual support to people with dementia and runs carer's support groups which meet in Hawick, Kelso and Peebles and in other areas wherever the need arises. You can contact them at:
- Unit 6, Edenside Workshops, Inch Road, Kelso TD5 7JR
Tel. 01573 226162
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