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Vitual Dementia Club session – 12th Oct 2020
We had 24 members today which included 4 new members. Lisa welcomed everyone and also welcomed again Aarundale Manor care home. Lisa provided some updates informing everyone about our special visitors attending. We have Theresa Villiers MP visiting on Wednesday 14th October and we also have Dame Esther Rantzen visiting on Tuesday 27th October in…
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Call to allow care home visits
Dementia Club UK Chairman Cllr Lisa Rutter has been trying to enable family members who have not been able to visit their loved ones in care homes during these unprecedented times to be able to visit their loved ones in care homes. Barnet times has written an article see below or click on the image…
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Fresh Quince
Our member Karin who lives in Golders Green has a quince tree which is heavy with fruit this year. This coming Saturday and Sunday (10th & 11th October), quince will be available at Rea’s Cafe in Child’s Hill Park in exchange for a donation to Dementia Club UK. There will be a charity bucket if…
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Vitual Dementia Club session – 7th Oct 2020
We had 24 members today. Lisa welcomed everyone and gave some updates. Our music entertainer James was then ready to start and got everyone singing along straight away. James then had an interesting and challenging music quiz and members today scored 98 with the dice throws. The session then followed with Chair Yoga exercises with…
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Carers zoom meeting – 6th Oct 2020
We had 16 carers this evening. Lisa welcomed everyone and Doctor Angela one of our Trustees. Lisa asked each to introduce and say a few words if they wanted. Lisa then gave a few updates about the Visiting in Care Homes and how she spoke at the Health, Overview and Scrutiny committee the night before…
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Vitual Dementia Club session – 6th Oct 2020
We had 14 members today and it was a pleasure to also welcome a visitor from The London Borough of Barnet – Steve Bell from the Prevention and Wellbeing Team. Members remembered him as he attended a few times with clients to the dementia clubs before the pandemic. He couldn’t stay for the whole session…
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Vitual Dementia Club session – 5th Oct 2020
We had 18 members today. Lisa welcomed everyone and also welcomed Bob Hollweg – activities coordinator with 10 residents all joined in from Aarundale Manor Care Home. It was a pleasure to welcome them especially as they used to attend the dementia club sessions before the pandemic. Lisa also gave a few updates to the…
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Vitual Dementia Club session – 30th Sep 2020
We had 22 members today. Lisa welcomed everyone and it was also a pleasure to welcome volunteers Annette and Melvyn and also our Trustee Dr Angela. Lisa gave members an update about the Covid-19 virus and also announced the Silver Sunday coming up this weekend and the events listed. Dementia Club UK is also listed.…
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Carers zoom meeting – 29th Sep 2020
We had 10 carers this evening for the session. Lisa welcomed everyone and also Dr Angela. One of the carers suggested that everyone should introduce each other. Lisa therefore asked each of the carers in turn to introduce themselves and say a few words. There was no obligation on the carers but they were all…
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Vitual Dementia Club session – 29th Sep 2020
We had 17 members today. Lisa welcomed everyone and at 3pm started the Karaoke Show. Everyone really looks forward to this especially when they have given some song requests. Sian Kenrick is then ready to start the exercises as soon as the Karaoke is finished. Members really love Sian’s music and the exercises. Today Sian…