Our Solicitors And Staff Attend Training To Become Dementia Friends

Ware & Kay Solicitors has been given expert advice on understanding dementia, and how to help people living with dementia.

Staff attended an Alzheimer's Society's Dementia Friends information session at Ware & Kay offices in Wetherby, run by Karen Leaf from Wetherby in Support of the Elderly.  Dementia Friends is a charity which is working to change our perception of dementia and how we think, talk and act about the condition.  The charity is about learning more about dementia and the small ways we can all help - from telling friends about the programme to visiting someone you know living with dementia.

Wetherby in Support of the Elderly is a registered charity organisation that aims to improve quality of life for the over 60s by providing community based activities, information, help and support.

Laura Schofield, a Solicitor in our Wills and Probate department, said "The session was really informative and we all learnt a lot.  Around 7,000 people in the Wetherby area are living with dementia, so we felt that it was important for us all to learn more about it and the day-to-day ways we can all help.  Many of us have a friend or loved one who is living with dementia, or who is caring for someone with dementia, and attending the information session really helped us understand the different ways dementia can affect someone.  I hope that all of us at Ware & Kay will be able to use this knowledge to better understand the challenges facing people living with dementia and how we can help."