Events / Activities – Dementia Care Experience & Workshops

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This page lists all current and upcoming events and activities. Dementia Care Experience and Workshops (DECEW) collaborates with other dementia organisations and dementia experts, not only in the United Kingdom but also in Africa and many other parts of the world, to raise dementia awareness, particularly in the black communities. Here you can find out more about any upcoming events, or you can also email us at events@decew.co.uk

NEXT EVENT

BOOK LAUNCH – April 2025

Title: Understanding Dementia and The Needs of People Living with Dementia: A Brief Focus on Nigeria

Exciting News! Our book launch is coming up in April (the date to be confirmed in the second week of February), and we could not be more thrilled. Promotion for the book begins in just two weeks. So, please mark your calendars. To find out more, contact us at events@decew.co.uk, info@decew.co.uk or chinno@decew.co.uk We hope everyone will enjoy the journey we have crafted.

This book, Understanding Dementia and The Needs of People Living with Dementia: A Brief Focus on Nigeria is a concise and informative guide designed to raise awareness about dementia, specifically within black and minority ethnic communities in the United Kingdom and across the African continent. The book aims to assist carers, service providers, and family members in understanding the unique needs of individuals living with dementia and how to support them effectively throughout their dementia journey.

The book was created to address the critical need for increased dementia awareness in ethnically diverse communities. Studies have shown that individuals from these communities are more likely to delay seeking help for dementia and other health-related issues. By providing a straightforward and culturally sensitive resource, the book encourages families to seek early diagnosis and treatment, and it promotes high-quality, person-centred care that respects cultural heritage and addresses specific challenges of the individual living with dementia.

The primary audience includes carers, healthcare providers, and family members within hard-to-reach communities in both rural and urban areas of Nigeria and other African countries. The book will be translated into major Nigerian languages such as Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba, and eventually into other ethnic languages like Edo, Ibibio, and Tiv. Additionally, the Nigerian diaspora in the United Kingdom is a key target audience, with insights from their participation in a small, randomised survey helping to shape the contents. Eventually, the book will expand to research more on the other African diasporas in the United Kingdom and across the globe. The book’s application is also compatible with any group. So, we hope you will support our efforts by getting your hands on a copy of the book.

Note:

This book does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Title: Understanding Dementia and The Needs of People Living with Dementia: A Brief Focus on Nigeria

DATE: Thursday, April 24th, 2025

TIME: 7 – 8.30 pm (BST) (Including Question and Answer)

VENUE: Online

If you have any questions, would like to sponsor us, or volunteer with us, please contact us at info@decew.co.uk and events@decew.co.uk. Visit our donations page if you want to help the organisation grow. Your donation enables us to continue our work to increase dementia awareness and understanding, particularly among the “ethnically diverse” communities and also the general public.

We can make a difference if we all work together.

Feedback

I feel organisations such as yours will greatly improve societal understanding of dementia especially in the BAME communities. Thank you for your work.
– Akim (Northern Ireland)

I have to say, looking back to the struggles we went through taking care of my late grandmother, organisations such as yours would have put it into perspective what it is like to care for someone you love who lived with dementia but the family were not aware of this at the time. May God bless your efforts and your vision.
– Jasmine (SW London)

I cannot express highly enough how glad I am to see what you and your organisation is trying to do. Africa and particularly the West would benefit from organisation such as yours and I truly believe that so many families and even other dementia care originations and service providers will benefit immensely from the vision you are putting out. The British are lucky. I must say, well done and please do keep up the good work and I hope one day this vision will also happen in Africa.

– Bimbola (Ogun State, Nigeria)

Congratulation to you and your team on a wonderful vision. Well done.

– Big Joe (South London, UK)

This is wonderful. May God guide your work.

– Alasine, (Freetown, Sierra Leone)

I have to say, your workshops on caring for carers has been an eye-opener. Caring for my wife who has dementia has been a big challenge, not just for me but for my entire family. What I have learnt from your workshops, has already made a positive impact on my health. I now know when to stop and take a break and I also now know how to deal with her behaviours which can be challenging some times. So thank you so much and keep up the good work.

– Mr P Mohamed (Ealing, UK)

I cannot speak highly enough of your organisation and the work you are doing so far. Your workshops on stress reduction techniques have been remarkable. I can now control my stress levels and I have learnt to be in control of my emotions as I care for my mum who has Alzheimer’s.

– Ms Janet (Hounslow, UK)

A huge thank you to dementia care experience and workshops, and the founders for this wonderful initiative and for having this vision to promote the awareness of dementia especially in our community, the black and minority ethnic group.

– Alhaj Dinpa (London)

I believe dementia care experience and workshops is such a great addition to the drive to educate our people about dementia. I have heard about dementia in the past but I was not very clear about the disease and have so little to say about it. However, through your organisation, and what I have read and seen about your aim of launching dementia care experience and workshops, I am beginning to understand more about this illness that some of our people do not often want to talk about.

– Ms Takyi (London)