Alzheimer Scotland - Aberdeen And Aberdeenshire

It was lovely to see everyone who came along to our very festive Musical Memories session this morning. A huge thank you to our wonderful volunteers who work so hard throughout the year to make these sessions so uplifting. Happy Christmas everyone!

Merry Christmas from everyone at the Aberdeen Dementia Resource Centre! ☃️❄️
We will be closed from the 24th December to Monday 7th January 2019 but you can still contact our free 24 hour Dementia Helpline on 0808 808 3000, which will continue to operate throughout the festive period.

Could you help someone with dementia if they go missing? Purple Alert is a community minded app that's helping people look out for their neighbours.
Watch Hugh and Ann’s story and why you should download Purple Alert app: http://purplealert.org.uk/how-to/

Our very own Head of Health and Safety, Mike, who is based at our centre, has been taking on a momentous challenge throughout 2018 to fundraise for Alzheimer Scotland. Mike challenged himself to run 12 marathons in 12 months and his final marathon will be taking place on Sunday! You can follow Mike’s journey on his facebook page below where you can support his fundraising efforts.

We believe in the power of togetherness and local communities like Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire in making a difference to people living with dementia.
That’s why our teams work within close-knit communities across Scotland, providing information, support and activities. Your generous donations make sure we can continue our work: alzscot.org/supportaberdeen

Our Musical Memories group in Aberdeen welcomed some special guests for Christmas carols at our Resource Centre last Friday. These girls from Quarryhill School also treated the group to a song of their own which received a hearty round of applause. Merry Christmas to them all!

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ma rtin-robertson6
Martin has cycled 90km and raised £950.00 so far...Well done Martin.

A huge thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers who helped at our bucket collection at Marks and Spencer at the St Nicholas Centre last Friday! It was a brilliant day and we are very grateful for the support and generosity of the customers who all kindly donated!

There have been lots of Xmas Boogies over the last couple of weeks. Well done to Friends of Insch Hospital and Community SCIO , the Gordon Arms Hotel (Huntly)and Grampian Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Service for very successful first boogies! The Drouthy Laird (Inverurie) also hosted a lovely Xmas boogie yesterday. This afternoon it's the turn of the Foundry Aberdeen! Everyone welcome to come along for a dance from 12pm to 4pm - all the fun without the late night! For dates of upcoming events in your area you can visit www.boogieinthebar.co.uk

VOLUNTEER WITH US!
We are holding a bucket collection at Marks and Spencer at the St Nicholas Centre on Friday 14th December from 10am - 2pm and we are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help us!
If you can spare an hour or two to help at our collection, please contact Clare our Community Fundraiser at cjamieson@alzscot.org or you can call the Aberdeen Dementia Resource Centre on 01224 644077.

Looking for a challenge next year? Take on the scenic Great Stirling Run with Team Alz Scot!
The half Marathon or marathon on this amazing route in the historic heart of Scotland is not be missed. Help us make sure nobody faces dementia alone.
Secure your charity place today and call 0131 243 1453

Healthcare Improvement Scotland are currently developing new general standards for Neurological conditions. They are seeking the views of people who use neurological services and the Scottish Health Council is supporting this work.
There are many different neurological conditions that affect people in different ways and it is important that they consider a range of different views to ensure that the standards meet the needs of people who use these services.
If you would like ...to have a say on the development of these standards then you can do this in a number of ways.
You can take part in a telephone interview, contact the Grampian office of the Scottish Health Council on 01224 553753 or by email: christopher.third@scottishhealthcoun cil.org to arrange this.
You can also visit this webpage to read the draft standards and complete an online survey:
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If you’re caring for someone with dementia there’ll be a drop-in information event for unpaid carers at the Kintore Arms from 10.30am to 2pm tomorrow.

It was almost standing room only at our Resource Centre today thanks to a wonderful afternoon of entertainment from Sandy Davidson! Well done to our volunteer Kath too who also gave a great performance. Many thanks to Sandy and to everyone who came to our Xmas party today, our brilliant volunteers (including Linda and Diane for their fab help with the raffle), everyone who donated raffle items and to Asda (Aberdeen beach) for the mince pies. It was lovely to see everyone!

The Carers Xchange Group (which meets at Quarriers Carers Support Service in Inverurie) enjoyed a lovely festive brunch this morning. Many thanks to The Drouthy Laird and Morrisons who kindly provided the refreshments and table decorations. What a nice treat!