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In Stornoway joint day sessions are being run for people with dementia and children aged 3-5 years old

Lois Wolffe's mum was struggling with the enforced isolation of lockdown and joined her daughter in a daily creative initiative, the 100 Days Project. Lois's mum was formally diagnosed with dementia in 2021 and never completed the project. Lois took inspiration from her mum's artist background by embroidering her life on a smock to encourage people to talk more openly about dementia. Lois has been nominated for Creative Fundraiser of the year in the 2023 GoCardless JustGiving Awards. 

Long term supporter, Megan Tumilty from Coatbridge will retrace the steps of her nana’s life as she raises awareness and funds for Alzheimer Scotland.

ADAM is a platform that can help you to find the right pieces of technology at the right time. Families and carers have told us that they would like to try using digital products and services to look after their health and wellbeing, but worry about making the wrong choices or don't have time to go looking for something that will work.  We wanted to make things easier.

Michael's Grandad was diagnosed with vascular dementia 7 years ago and sadly passed away in February of this year. in dedication, Michael retraced his Grandad's steps by walking from Cardenden in Fife to Raphoe in County Donegaal. This was completed over 7 days covering a staggering 230 miles and more than 500,000 steps. Michael explains his inspirational story:

There are so many ways to support Alzheimer Scotland which don't include fundraising or donating money. 

Clocks go forward 1 hour at 1am on the last Sunday in March. The clocks going forward can be a difficult time for a person living with dementia, but there are some things you can do to make the change less of a challenge and help them cope with the loss of an hour. 

The clocks will go back on Sunday 29 October at 2am.