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The role of a Post Diagnostic Support (PDS) Link Worker is to support people who have received a dementia diagnosis (and their families) to understand the illness, maintain community connections, meet other people with dementia, and help them with future planning and decision making. Rebecca Macdonald joined Alzheimer Scotland in June 2022 as a PDS Link Worker and shares her thoughts on the role.

Our befriending volunteers offer social contact, and help people living with dementia to combat loneliness and isolation.

Volunteers play so many roles at Alzheimer Scotland, and some more unexpected than others! Like Claire*, a volunteer of nearly 10 years who tends our dementia friendly Allotment in Dumbarton.

Make a brain pledge for World Alzheimer's Day

New report from Alzheimer's Disease International

Huge thanks to everyone who supported our fundraising collections at the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's Viennese New Year concerts in Edinburgh, Perth, Aberdeen and Ayr. Generous concert-goers donated almost £5,000!

Our Volunteer Drivers help us to make it possible for people living with dementia to attend planned activities and support groups in their local area.

Margaret, who lost her job after being diagnosed with dementia, challenges more employers to understand dementia and see the person not the diagnosis. 

As we gear up for the Big Blue Thank You virtual movement, Norman Williamson, Dementia Advisor for Alzheimer Scotland shares his experience of fundraising and being a key worker during the pandemic.