Arts Therapy event for Dementia

An Arts Therapy for Dementia event was held and organised by the Multicultural Arts and Media Centre (MAMC) on Thursday 27 March.

The event was held to educate people about dementia and to raise awareness about different types of dementia.

Around 60 people attended the event and those in attendance included patients, carers and members of the public.

A number of guest speakers were at the event and those speaking included Grace Dyke from the Alzheimer’s Society, who presented a session on Dementia awareness, Maqsood Ahmad, Senior Manager at the Strategic Clinical Network and Kim Wrigley, Quality Improvement Programme lead.

Those in attendance also had the opportunity to ask questions to a panel and raised issues and concerns about support, training, opportunities, and understanding needed surrounding dementia.

The event was hosted by MAMC CEO Mohammed Sarwar and was in association with the Greater Manchester, Lancashire and South Cumbria Clinical Senate and Clinical Commissioning group.

The next Free Dementia Awareness session will be held on Thursday 17 April from 10.30am to 2.30pm.

For further information regarding the event, contact Mohammed Sarwar (CEO) on 07930 306933.