Farnham Dementia Support: A Helpful List of Contacts
Welcome to our Farnham dementia support guide, featuring essential national and regional contacts to assist you on your care journey.
Farnham Dementia Support: UK Government benefits, allowances and helpful pages
Let’s start with government information and contacts before looking at national and local contacts.
The government website can help you with information and support for:
- Attendance Allowance: A top-up benefit for anyone with a disability or long-term condition to support the cost of care.
- Carer’s Allowance: A benefit for those caring for someone over 35 hours per week to support any income loss (based on your hours rather than the people you care for).
Both are eligibility-tested and can be applied through the Department of Work and Pensions. You’ll also find helpful information on topics like council tax or rent assistance there.
Their information section also goes quite a bit further, providing guides for dementia-related or elderly-related topics, including:
– And winter fuel payments
Farnham Dementia Support: National Charities and Support Group Contacts
It’s vital to consider help from charities and organisations specialising in dementia or elderly concerns. They can provide a wealth of specific support and advice to help you on your care journey. We’ve listed some that our clients recommend below:
Alzheimer’s Research UK
They have a wealth of information to help you make sense of a dementia diagnosis.
Alzheimer’s Society
Provides personalised help and advice, offering information regardless of whether you are worried about your memory, have a diagnosis of dementia or are caring for someone with a condition.
Carers UK
Our go-to recommendation for expert advice for unpaid carers.
DEEP
This charity connects over 80 local groups for people with dementia nationwide.
Dementia Adventure
Holidays for those living with dementia with support teams in place when you need them.
Dementia Help
A digital magazine for dementia carers.
Dementia UK
A nursing charity specialising in dementia care, advice and support.
MedicAlert Safe and Found Programme
A charity organisation offering medical ID services and personal devices to help trace and identify missing persons with dementia.
NHS Information
Alzheimer’s disease: www.nhs.uk/conditions/alzheimers-disease
Dementia symptoms and diagnosis: www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia/symptoms-and-diagnosis
Dementia with Lewy bodies: www.nhs.uk/conditions/dementia-with-lewy-bodies
Frontotemporal dementia: www.nhs.uk/conditions/frontotemporal-dementia
Vascular dementia: www.nhs.uk/conditions/vascular-dementia
Play List for Life
They provide a low-cost music streaming service for those with dementia. The service allows you to create personalised playlists that can be accessed anytime, anywhere.
Rare Dementia Support
If your loved one is diagnosed with a rare form of dementia, this charity can help provide information and support.
Young Dementia Network
A charity explicitly aimed at supporting younger people with a dementia diagnosis and their families.
Farnham Dementia Support: Your Local Authority Contacts
Local authorities will support funding and social care provision where you are eligible, so another essential contact is:
Surrey County Council
While Farnham is closer to Hampshire, it actually falls under the jurisdiction of Surrey County Council. On their website, you can find information on the following:
They also have applications for blue badges, and senior bus passes on that same page.
Farnham Dementia Care: Specialist Home Care Providers
Home Instead Farnborough, Farnham and Fleet
As your loved one’s dementia journey progresses, you will need support from specialist carers. Home care is a great option, and it is one we offer here at Home Instead.
We can support you with
- Home hourly care (including personal care)
- Live-in Care
- Condition-led dementia care based on the diagnosis and prognosis
- Palliative care
Home care is a great alternative to care homes and other live-in facilities. One which often helps those with dementia thrive despite their condition’s progression.
At Home Instead Farnham, we can offer you specialist dementia home care services that focus on the holistic needs of your loved one.
You can call us for more information at 01252 758 716
Meet Kay, a Home Instead Farnham Client
Kay’s Challenge: When Confidence Disappears
Kay’s world had gradually shrunk. Depression had taken hold, leaving her reluctant to step outside except for essential medical appointments. Her social life had virtually disappeared. Kay needed more than practical support – she needed someone to help her rebuild her confidence, one gentle step at a time.
When our care professional, Angie, first met Kay, she understood this wasn’t just about daily tasks. Through patient encouragement and genuine praise, Angie helped Kay take those crucial first steps back into the world. The breakthrough came when, with Angie’s gentle support, Kay agreed to step into her garden one sunny spring day – a space unused for months. Not only did she go outside, but she stayed there for the entire visit, enjoying her lunch in the sunshine. The joy on Kay’s face (attached picture) says it all.
The Ripple Effect
Real success in home care isn’t just what happens during visits – it’s what clients feel empowered to do independently. Kay’s garden lunch was just the beginning. She felt confident enough to do something that would have seemed impossible before: she arranged to meet friends for lunch independently! When our care team followed up, Kay was so very happy. She had thoroughly enjoyed reconnecting with her friends and was already planning future outings.
Supporting Your Family’s Journey
If Kay’s story resonates with your family situation, you aren’t alone. Many older adults across Farnham, Farnborough, and Fleet face similar challenges with confidence and social isolation.
Our experienced care professionals understand the local community and know how to help clients rediscover the joy in everyday activities. Sometimes, all it takes is one caring professional and a sunny day in the garden to transform someone’s entire outlook on life.
How can you work with Home Instead Farnham?
We like to keep our process simple. That benefits you, and it benefits Mum or Dad, who will ultimately have to live with care. To ensure we keep things simple, we’ve distilled our process into 3 convenient steps.
Step 1: Call 01252 758 716 or email [email protected]
Our Care Managers are on hand to guide you through your options and help you make sense of what comes next for you and your loved one.
Step 2: Receive a no-obligation home visit
We like every client to meet us. It allows you to get a feel for us as a provider and ask questions that may have come up for you since our initial chat.
During our visit, we’ll also want to meet Mum and Dad, which is an important opportunity for them to meet us and ask their own questions while giving you the chance to see how we interact.
We’ll also offer you our complimentary falls assessment. This is our free report, which will help you identify potential fall risks in your home, which you can implement throughout Mum and Dad’s care journey whether you go ahead with us or not.
Step 3: Meet your Care Professionals
When you are happy to proceed, we will start care matching and organising a follow-up meeting to introduce you to your Care Professionals. It’ll be your first step into your care plan and a great way to meet (and have your say) who you’ll be working with.
Farnham Dementia Support: Local Social Groups, Clubs and Memory Cafes
Let’s get even more local with the final section of your new Farnham dementia contact support list. Let’s look at local groups and dementia-friendly cafés.
Inclusive Cricket
Inclusive Cricket sessions cater for all abilities and levels of mobility. Anyone over the age of 50 can feel welcome, including those with dementia. Sessions cost £5 (free for accompanying carer) and there’s no need to book in advance.
Time: Every Wednesday, 12:30 to 1:30 pm
Location: Farnham Leisure Centre, Dogflud Way, Farnham, GU9 7UD
Singing for the Mind
These are weekly singing sessions for people living with dementia and their carers. Sessions cost £5 (free for accompanying carer).
Time: Every Monday, 2:00 to 3:00 pm (refreshments available from 1:30 pm)
Location: Farnham Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham, GU9 7QR
Sunflower Café
This is a dementia friendly event and open to anyone whose life is affected by it.
Time: Every Thursday, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Location: Small Hall, Spire Church, South Street, Farnham, GU9 7QU
Paxhill Care Home
They tend to organise an informal café for those with dementia, their carers, family and friends. To enquire and book a spot (free of charge), call them at 01420 525882.
Brightwells Centre
It offers a wide variety of services and activities for older people in our community, including those with mild dementia. Find more info here
Adapt Dementia
Ms Mary Jordan runs events at 40 Degreez (Dogflud Way, Farnham, GU9 7UT). She can be contacted at [email protected] to advise on what activities are currently on offer.
If you are looking for specialist dementia care in the Farnham area, remember to call us at 01252 758 716.