St Clare Hospice, Hastingwood Road, Hastingwood, CM17 9JX
t: 0753 403 1702
w: www.stclarehospice.org.uk
e: namastecare@stclarehospice.org.uk
The St Clare Dementia Support Service is a free, personalised, one-to-one service that supports the wellbeing of people living with advanced dementia in their own home.
Sessions are led by specially-trained Dementia Support volunteers, who provide sensory stimulation and meaningful activities in a person’s home, with their family member or carer present.
Activities follow the principles of the internationally-recognised Namaste Care approach and may include –
Giving a gentle hand or foot massage
Playing the person’s favourite music or reading their favourite book or poem
Activities that help them to reminisce about their life
The sessions take place weekly for up to two hours, with a course of up to 10 sessions offered.
The Dementia Support Service is available to anyone living in the St Clare catchment area of West Essex and the borders of East Hertfordshire.
St Clare Hospice also hosts a weekly Dementia Carers’ Café for relatives or carers who are looking after someone with dementia as well as a Dementia-Friendly Gardening Club offering people with advanced dementia the chance to engage in therapeutic nature-related activities.
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