If you're living with (or supporting someone living with) memory loss or dementia in Sheffield, there's plenty of support for you.
In Sheffield we believe it's possible to live well with Dementia, so these pages contain sources of practical and emotional support for your health, wellbeing and safety.
Sheffield Memory Service offers specialist assessment, diagnosis, treatment and post diagnostic signposting for people over the age of 65. They only take referrals from your GP or local hospital.
Sheffield NHS Health Partnership: Memory Service
If you are waiting for a diagnosis you can also find out more about the memory assessment and what else you can do to take care of your wellbeing in the meantime from the Next Steps website.
Next Steps: Waiting Well for your Memory Assessment
Dementia Advice Sheffield
provides a one-stop shop, first point of contact service to respond to any non-clinical dementia-related query from:
You don’t have to have a diagnosis to contact them.
Their friendly specialist advice support team will support you with your initial enquiry and signpost you to the best source of information to meet your specific needs, including resources and services in your local community which can provide ongoing support.
Age UK Sheffield: Dementia Advice Sheffield.
Call: 0114 250 2875.
Email: dementiaadvice@ageuksheffield.org.uk.
Other local and national Dementia Support
Find details of other organisations who can help you, on our Local and national Dementia support page.
A booklist of recommended books chosen by people living with dementia, carers and health professionals is available from The Reading Agency.
The Reading Agency: Reading Well for dementia.
You can download diagrams showing the support available for people affected by Dementia in Sheffield.
Your local Dementia trained community organisation is here to support you.
You’ll receive a warm welcome from the dementia workers at the People Keeping Well organisations listed below. They’re all Dementia Friends and have attended Dementia Stars training. They offer:
You can be put in touch via the Dementia Advice Sheffield Service.
Age UK Sheffield: Dementia Advice Sheffield.
Call: 0114 250 2875.
Email: dementiaadvice@ageuksheffield.org.uk.
Or use our interactive map to work out which organisation supports your local area.
Map of Dementia services and groups in Sheffield.
Or use the list below for contact details and more information about what they provide from their website.
This picture shows which service supports people in the different parts of the city.
Local Dementia support organisations
Find details of other Activities and things to do for people with Dementia.
Support for people with Young Onset Dementia.
Support for family and carers of people with Dementia.
Practical support for people with Dementia.
Activities and things to do for people with Dementia.
Social contact and connecting with others for people with Dementia.
Support for ethnic minority communities.
Support for rare types of Dementia.
Dementia and falls: Staying Steady and Independent with Dementia.
Reducing the risk of developing Dementia.
Dementia Friendly Sheffield.
