Category: Blog
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Painting Easter Eggs at Finchley Memorial Hospital
Tables setup ready for Dementia Club UK session at Finchley Memorial Hospital In this session members enjoyed painting Easter eggs. They were provided with a kit which included sequins, felt shapes paints and coloured felt tip pens. Members were given the choice to decorate their eggs and take them home, do nothing and take the…
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Passover at Sha’arei Tsedek
Stephen Rabin a volunteer gave a short talk to the members about the Jewish Festival of Passover. He explained that it occurs around the same time as the Easter festival each year. The talk explained that the festival was to commemorate the departure by the Israelites from Egypt as told in the Old Testament of…
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Japanese Culture Day
Today’s session started with a short talk and introduction of our volunteers from the Japan Society, Mrs Kyoko Delaforce, Mrs Hisako Fukushige, Mrs Naomi Ishikawa, Mrs Hiroko Tanaka, Mr Shigeo Tanaka and Mrs Naoko Heckle of the Society. Our special guest, Mr Michael Hodge, incoming Rotary District Governor of London was welcomed and he expressed…
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Arts and Crafts
Today was an arts and crafts session. I showed members how to make flowers out of pink tissue paper and I also showed them how to make a boat out of paper. All members enjoyed making these and using colours to paint their boats. Arts and Crafts at Dementia Club UK The members were then…
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Virtual Dementia Tour
Lisa attended a Virtual Dementia Tour training on a bus which was parked at Barnet House in Whetstone. The virtual tour lasted for 10 minutes and then this was followed by a talk from the trainer explaining how the delegates reacted in the virtual tour. Lisa believes this training is very worth while especially for…
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Presentation at Rotary Club of Redbridge
Lisa was invited by the Rotary Club of Redbridge to Speak about Dementia and how Dementia Club UK helps sufferers and their carers. This was held at at Luigi’s Restaurant in Gants Hill.
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Presentation at Rotary Club of Barnet
Lisa was invited by the Rotary Club of Barnet to Speak about Dementia and how Dementia Club UK helps sufferers and their carers. This was held at the Old Fold Golf Club in Barnet.
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Healthy Eating and Yoga
Today’s session was led by Annette and Tija. This was a busy and informative session and was attended by over 40 people including three volunteers and Dr Angela. The theme for today was “You Are What You Eat.” We talked about healthy eating habits, what items to include in a healthy, balanced diet, how to…
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Offical launch of Rotary and Dementia Club UK Partnership
We had a very successful Dementia Club UK official launch of its 5th new venue and new partnership with Rotary of Golders Green on Monday 13th March 2017. Over 70 people attended which included many members of Dementia Club UK, volunteers and some special guests. The launch was opened by the Mayor of Barnet Cllr…
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Chicken Charades
We had over 30 members again today. Kevin one of the volunteers who comes with his wife Olivia and his mother in law Mable took the activities part of the session today. He first played chicken charades which was very funny and then played Family Fortunes which again members really enjoyed. Kevin playing the game…