Livewell Villages, Occupational Therapist Corlia Schutte, was recently interviewed on Radio 702 to discuss dementia. You can listen to the radio interview by clicking on the clip below.

Caring for a person with dementia is extremely demanding. The aim of respite care is to provide some relief for carers, and support them in having a break from their caring responsibilities, to look...

People with Alzheimer’s have a tendency to wander. Left alone for a while, they may get up and walk around aimlessly, creating headaches for caregivers who have to keep up with them. Kenneth...

Livewell recently hosted our long awaited and anticipated dementia conference. This year’s conference was focused on providing a variety of post diagnostic support to families to main care givers....

When you are caring for people with dementia, you sometimes need to encourage them to be independent but at the same time you need to make sure that they cannot get hurt or put themselves in danger....

Spring is finally here, and that means warmer weather has begun! Let’s hope it’s here to stay! After a cold winter, a spring celebration is almost necessary. During the colder days, those living...

Improved post-diagnostic information and support is recognised in Scotland’s National Dementia Strategy as one of two key service delivery areas in which immediate change is required. There is clear...

We had the privilege of having Amanda I’ons (Registered dietician) at our Somerset West support group on the 26th of July 2017, to talk about the nutritional needs and considerations of someone...

At times, we get so fixated on the diagnosis that we tend to forget about the emotional wellbeing of the person with the diagnosis. It is vital to them that we remind them of who they are during the...