Our role is to help people living with dementia, mate ware ware, to live their best lives possible. We also provide support to their care partners and whānau, who play a vital role throughout the journey.
Your donation will make a real difference in the lives of those living with dementia.
Contact Dementia Lakes
Rotorua: 07 349 0053
Taupo/Turangi: 07 377 4330
Join Rotorua Library and Dementia Lakes this September for world Alzheimer’s month.
Memory Matters Puzzle Morning – FREE
Discover and try out some of the puzzles in Te Aka Mauri Memory Matters collection
Date: Wednesday 6th September
Time: 9am
Venue: Rotorua Library
Dementia Lakes Dementia Advisors – FREE drop in sessions
Date: Wednesday 13th September
Time: 1pm – 4:30pm
Venue: Rotorua Library
Preventing Dementia public presentations – FREE
Date: Wednesday 13th September
Session 1 Time: 10:30am
Session 2 Time: 6pm
Venue: Rotorua Library
Everybody’s Oma – Public Movie Screenings – FREE
Date: Tuesday 19th September
Time: 10:30am
Venue: Rotorua Library
Date: Wednesday 27th September
Time: 6pm
Venue: Rotorua Library
When someone is diagnosed with dementia there are huge adjustments to be made by everyone involved. Many Carers struggle with feelings of sorrow, guilt, grief, loss, ambivalence or anger. Up to 80% of caregivers will experience depression and/or anxiety somewhere along the journey.
Dementia is equally distressing for the person with the diagnosis and 75% of people living with dementia may experience depression and/or anxiety, either just prior to the diagnosis or somewhere along the dementia journey.
This online Masterclass will provide you with more understanding of depression and anxiety, the causes, the symptoms, the treatments and strategies to prevent and recover from these challenging conditions.
Presenter Winifred Henderson is passionate about helping people to live their bests lives despite a diagnosis of dementia.
Date: Friday 15th September 2023
Time: 10am – noon
Presenter: Winifred Henderson
Online via Zoom
BOOK NOW
Carers/Whānau: $20
Health Professionals: $50 (includes Certificate of Attendance)
This Masterclass will be recorded and sent to those who register post event.
Sleep is such a precious and fragile thing. We so often feel overwhelmed by media reports telling us how vital good sleep is. So why is it that so many carers and people living with dementia have trouble with their sleep?
This Masterclass will cover:
– What is normal sleep?
– How we sleep – normal sleep cycles and stages
– How age affects our sleep
– The toll stress and worry take on our sleep
– How dementia changes sleep patterns
– What helps us sleep better ?
– Tips for carers of someone living with dementia
This in-depth education session will be presented by Winifred Henderson and is suitable for carers, family members and health professionals.
Date: Friday 17th November 2023
Time: 10am – noon
Presenter: Winifred Henderson
Online via Zoom
BOOK NOW
Carers/Whānau: $20
Health Professionals: $50 (includes Certificate of Attendance)
This Masterclass will be recorded and sent to those who register post event.
