Dementia Daytime Opportunities

The aim of this opportunity is to commission high quality, personalised daytime opportunities in Sheffield to support adults of all ages with dementia to continue to remain independent, healthy, active and promote wellbeing within their community, and to support their family carers in their caring roles.

The objectives are that dementia daytime opportunities:

• Are high quality, person-centred and flexible.
• Offer meaningful and interesting activity for attendees through providing an individual experience within a group setting.
• Delay deterioration by helping people to stay as independent, healthy, active, and happy as possible for as long as possible.
• Reduce social isolation, increase and maintain wellbeing by helping (re)build a connection to community.
• Help attendees maintain their social and everyday skills.
• Help attendees and their family carers cope with some of the difficulties around dementia and memory loss.
• Give family carers a break and provide them with support.

The Provision is Divided into 3 lots and awarded to:

LOT 1: Council Referred - Dementia Daytime Opportunities for people with dementia 65 and over- Darnall Dementia, Care2care, Sheffcare LOT 2: Young-onset Dementia - Dementia Daytime Opportunities for people under 65 with young-onset dementia- Age UK Sheffield, Care2care LOT 3: Self-Referrals to Dementia Daytime Opportunities for older people with dementia 65 and over- Age UK Sheffield