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We profile winners of Best Community Support Initiative and Best Dementia Friendly Initiative

Scotland’s Dementia Awards showcase the creativity, innovation and dedication that make a real difference to the daily lives of people with dementia and their families across Scotland when organisations, groups and teams work together.

We need to recognise what Caring Costs. Despite unpaid carers saving the economy an approximate £132 billion per year, a lack of financial, emotional, and physical support means it often has a negative effect on their mental wellbeing, employment potential, and ultimately their finances.

THE Carers’ Hub at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary has opened to provide support to the thousands of unpaid Carers across the region.

Giving hospital staff a better understanding of patients with dementia who are admitted either for planned treatment, such as an operation, or in an emergency.