Dementia Care
Dementia care at home across Oxfordshire
Familiar rooms, a gentle routine and a carer who understands dementia.
For someone living with dementia, home holds the clues that make each day manageable - where the kettle lives, which chair catches the morning sun, the photographs on the mantelpiece. Taking those away can make confusion worse.
Our carers who specialise in dementia work with those clues rather than against them, using reminiscence, routine and calm reassurance to keep days settled.
Is this right for you?
Families usually get in touch when:
- Forgetting has started to affect meals, medicines or safety
- Evenings bring agitation or restlessness
- There is a risk of leaving the house and becoming lost
- A husband, wife, son or daughter has been shouldering everything alone
What help looks like
- Routine
- A predictable shape to each day that lowers anxiety
- Reminiscence
- Photographs, music and conversation about earlier life
- Personal care
- Patient prompting with washing, dressing and eating
- Safety
- Discreet supervision around cooking, doors and night-time waking
- Family
- Regular news and a sounding board for relatives
Getting started
- 01
Life story
We gather details about work, family and interests to use day to day.
- 02
Matching
We introduce carers with real dementia experience.
- 03
Reviews
We revisit the plan as needs change over time.
The Oxfordshire picture
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust runs the county's memory clinics, which GPs refer into. Relatives can lean on Carers Oxfordshire, while our carers accompany clinic visits and turn the specialists' recommendations into daily habits.
Questions we're asked
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Discuss dementia care with us
Our Littlemore office is open 9am to 10pm, every day of the year.