You don't have to deal with a diagnosis of dementia on your own. There are people and services that are here to support you and help you to live well with your condition. This website will signpost you to some of the local services available how you can access them.
Clicking on the links ( these are usually marked in blue text) will take you to pages on this website and on other websites that have information that might be useful to you.
On this website, there is information on getting help and answering your questions in the first days and weeks after being told you have dementia. ( What is Dementia and Post Diagnostic Support)
There is information on getting people you can trust to make decisions on your behalf when you are no longer able to. (Power of Attorney)
There is advice on keeping independent (Smart life in Fife and Housing), maintaining an active healthy lifestyle (Fife Sport and Leisure Trust).
There is also information about organisations that can help you in living with dementia and planning for the future (Alzheimer Scotland, Fife Carers Centre and Fife Forum)
We hope you will find this website useful.
Hello, my name is Carolyn McDonald and I would like to introduce you to this website, which is designed to provide you with local information on how you can live well with dementia. It will signpost you and your family to sources of help and support in Fife and we hope that you find it useful.