Dementia Awareness Week 2016 Walsall Calendar of events

Time & Date / Monday 16th May / Tuesday 17th May / Wednesday 18th May / Thursday 19th May / Friday 20th May
Morning / 11- 2
ILC Dementia Awareness Event at the ILC.
9, Wisemore
Walsall WS2 8EZ
Various stalls and information to Kick start Dementia Awareness Week / Butterfly Tea Party Manor Hospital
09:00 – 2:00pm Dementia awareness promotion at Pleck Health Centre,
Oxford Street, Walsall WS2 8XB
Dementia Training 9.30 a.m.
Module 1 :Awareness
Forest Arts Centre
(fully booked – visit for future dates) / 10am-12noon Older Peoples Mental Health
Overview
Seminar Room 11 MLCC
Lunchtime / Brownie’s dementia awareness event at Mindful Gifts / 1pm-3pm Behaviour’s that challenge/ABC Charts and communication skills with adults with dementia
Seminar Room 10 MLCC – Walsall Manor Hospital / 12:30 – 2:30
Moxley Memory Club Dementia Awareness and information support.
Moxley People Centre, 2 Queen street, WS10 8TA / 11-2
Mindful Gifts dementia awareness event – Activity open day for residential & nursing homes, day centres, hospitals, dementia organisations
At our unique Mindful Gifts CIC Shop 1, Church St.Darlaston, Walsall WS10 8DS / 10am – 3pm,
Hospital Dementia Awareness Event
In Main Foyer with stands etc with stands in the main atrium of the Manor Hospital.
1:00 – 3:30
Dementia Awareness Promotion Farooq Mosque, Milton St Walsall, WS1 4JH
Afternoon / Dementia Training 1.30pm
Module 4 : Lifestyles / Telecare
Forest Arts Centre
(fully booked – visit for future dates) / 2-4pm
Link Line
Steps in Time dance St Chads Hall inc fairground activities
Brownhills
Dementia Café:
We are joining Walsall Link Line at for the “Steps in Time” event at
St. Catherine’s with St. Chad’s Church, Edison Road, Beechdale, Walsall, WS2 7HT.
2pm-4pm
Mental Capacity/DOL’s and covert medication policy
Seminar Room 10 MLCC – Walsall Manor Hospital / Manor Hospital Dementia Café:
Hosting an Art Therapy Session in honour of Local and Community History Week, using the artistic skills of Laura Lancaster to present art pieces of Walsall’s Historical Buildings.
Ward 2, Moat Road, Walsall, WS2 9PS.
2pm-4pm Suicide/self-harm, and risk management
Seminar Room 10 MLCC – Walsall Manor Hospital / 1:00pm – 3:00pmAs part of Dementia Awareness week, Pathways 4 Life is holding an event for people with Working Age Dementia, their families and carers.
The event will be to share experiences, ask questions and help shape the future of service provision and support across Walsall.
Age UK Walsall 200 Rookery Lane
Aldridge
Walsall WS9 8NP
Evening / 6.30 – 9pm
Confident to Care session
Dementia Awareness for family / carers
Open to all
Forest Arts Centre
WS3 1AG / 6-8pm
Pelsall Dementia Café:
We are hosting a Seaside Sweet Reminiscent Session. The group will have a tasting session on the popular 1950’s Seaside Sweets,. Alongside this will be Seaside themed word searches and a visit from the Walsall Mobile Library Service.
Old Vicarage, Old Vicarage Close, Pelsall WS3 4AZ. / 4:30-6:30pm
ApnaGhar Dementia Café:
We are hosting an Art Therapy Session in honour of Local and Community History Week. The art pieces will be collages of Walsall’s Historical Buildings.
ApnaGhar, Ford Street, Walsall, WS2 9BW.
8 care homes in Walsall will starting work on a scrapbook project which will be encouraging residents to share their memories of Walsall. The scrapbook will make its way round the care homes and we are looking to display the work / 8 care homes in Walsall will encouraging staff members to experience a ‘Day in the Life Of’ by hosting a range of activities that simulate some of the challenges people living with dementia can face.