Dementia Navigator Service
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We offer a one-off contact to all people who have a new diagnosis of dementia, usually from the Islington Memory Assessment and Treatment Service.
Long-term support from the Dementia Navigators is available to anyone with dementia who: lives in Islington, is registered with an Islington GP, and has been diagnosed with dementia.
The Dementia Navigator service is unable to provide long term support to people (and their carers) who are under the care of Islington Services for Ageing and Mental Health Community Mental Health Team or Islington Memory Assessment and Treatment Service. This is because people who have a service from these teams have a named nurse or care coordinator. The nurse or care coordinator will be able to offer you support equivalent to that which the Dementia Navigators provide. We're also unable to provide long-term support to people (and their carers) living in residential or nursing care.
Please note that we are unable to meet with service users or carers at the service's site.
- Borough(s): Islington
- Email: nlft.Islingtonmemoryservice@nhs.net
- Age range treated: 18+
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Address:
Units 8-10, Blenheim Court, 62 Brewery Road, London, N7 9NY
- Phone number: 020 7561 4430
- Service hours: 9.00am -5.00pm
- Conditions treated
- How to access this service
- Who is this service for?
- What to expect
- Service manager(s)
Conditions treated
Dementia
How to access this service
Referrals to this service are made through your GP. GPs can email islingtonmemoryservice@candi.nhs.uk to refer.
Who is this service for?
We provide proactive support to people who have dementia and are living in Islington. The Navigators also support people who are caring for someone who has dementia.
What to expect
We will arrange to visit you at home to talk about what you need help or support with and to agree a plan to work on these areas. This may include accessing day centres, arranging help from social services support, support with housing issues, benefits information and signpost to appropriate services. We will provide you with information that is relevant to you and your condition. If you do not have a named worker in the Memory Service or Community Mental Health Team, we will offer you on-going contact with the team to address any concerns or additional needs which may arise.
- People with dementia will have high quality, relevant, personalised information about their condition
- Support that is personalised, timely and preventative
- Making Islington a more dementia friendly place to live
Service manager(s)
Jade Stacey
