OREANDA-NEWS. As it is Dementia Awareness Week, we thought we’d remind you of some of the work we’re doing at SSE to help those with dementia.

SSE has teamed up with dementia experts at Stirling University in a ground-breaking partnership to launch a book to help those living with the condition.

The Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), a world leader in its field, launched the book in partnership with SSE earlier this year – which offers heating and lighting tips to people living with dementia and their carers. 

The book, entitled, 10 Helpful hints on heating and lighting for people with dementia and their carers, is designed to provide help and advice on managing heating and lighting efficiently and show how both can make a positive impact for people with dementia living in their own home. 

The book is part of a wider programme of support that SSE now provides – including the roll-out of a new dementia awareness training programme for customer facing staff, backed up by a guide. 

Elaine Matthews from our Priority Services team is one of our customer facing staff who has received the dementia awareness training programme and we asked her to tell us in March about how the training has had an impact in her daily working life.

Dementia in the UK is on the increase with around 850,000 people likely to be affected by it this year, according to The Alzheimer’s Society. Symptoms can include memory loss, difficulties with tasks and finding the right words.