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Alzheimer's Society
- Kettering & Corby Branch

 

 

Organisation

Alzheimer’s Society – Kettering,
Corby & District Branch

Address

Alzheimer's Society Centre
4 Alexandra Street
Kettering, Northants
NN16 0SE

Contact Name

Alice Spence

Telephone

01536 521337

Website www.alzheimers.org.uk/ketteringcorby
E-mail alice.spence@alzheimers.org.uk

Advice, support and information to Carers looking after someone with dementia. Support groups in Corby, Desborough and Kettering that can offer peer support and information.

Drop-In service available:
 Alexandra Street - Tuesday between 10.30a.m. and 2.30p.m.
 Corby Volunteer Bureau - Thursday between 11a.m. and 3p.m.
 

The Branch have two leaflets that you may find of use:
 Advice on Dementia     Branch Support Groups

Forthcoming events:

Do you feel that you need new skills to cope with your caring role?

Would you like to learn more about dementia?

If so the Kettering & Corby District Branch are organising a course for carers covering a range of issues including:

● What is dementia?
● Communicating
● Managing behaviour we find challenging
● Carers looking after themselves
● Local services

The course is free of charge and runs for 6 weeks between 10.30a.m. and 12.30p.m. starting on the 27th August 2008.

Please contact Alice Spence on 01536 521337 for further details and to book a place.