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Gillingham care home manager walking 100km to raise money for Dementia UK
Deb Wiltshire, home manager at Care South’s Fern Brook Lodge care home in Gillingham, has set herself the challenge of walking 100km throughout the month of March with her dog, Pumpkin to raise …
Gillingham care home becomes North Dorset’s first ‘safe haven’
The Malthouse care home in Gillingham has been named as a dementia ‘safe haven’ where the police or members of the public can take someone who is found in a confused state in …
Shaftesbury votes to go dementia friendly
Shaftesbury town councillors and office staff are to go through a dementia awareness session as the first step in making Shaftesbury a ‘dementia-friendly’ town, the town council agreed on Tuesday 6 March. This …
Swimming for the Brain at Gillingham’s RiversMeet centre
First Gillingham laid on Singing for the Brain, a musical gathering for local people living with dementia, their family or carers. Now the town is set to provide another free activity – Swimming …