NORTH Yorkshire County Council is targeting over 9,000 residents who live with dementia to help them get information, help and support.
Dementia Awareness Week runs from May 15 and the authority is working with the NHS to encourage people who are concerned to seek support.
“In North Yorkshire, we have an ageing population and over 9,000 of our residents are living with dementia,” said County Councillor Clare Wood, North Yorkshire’s Executive Member for Adult Social Care and Health Integration. “Evidence shows that people living with dementia and their families often do not get the information and support they need at the right time, particularly following a diagnosis of dementia.
“The North Yorkshire dementia support service helps and informs people so that they can start to come to terms with their diagnosis and understand the options available to them – accessing what they need, when they need it.”
For information go to www.nhs.uk/healthcheck or visit the Council’s website, www.northyorks.gov.uk/healthcheck .
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