Symptoms of Dementia can include: • Experience memory problems • Issues with reasoning • Find it hard to plan and make decisions. • Show behavioural and emotional changes • Have low mood and anxiety
Whatever the condition, there is a difference with “caring” for your child compared to those who do have had additional physical, mental or learning disability needs. Your child may require regular healthcare treatment at hospital or home, you may have to support with keeping your child safe and personal care beyond that of other children their age. Some children may require extra support to help them overcome challenges, it may affect their behaviour, it may affect their communication or mental health. These are often referred to as Special Educational Needs (SEN) in an education setting.
• Become easily confused • Experience hallucinations • Have problems walking, speaking or swallowing • Daily tasks can become difficult for them to do alone
Further information and advice can be found at:
It is really important that more people are diagnosed earlier. An early diagnosis helps you to access: • The right support to live as well as possible, including treatments to help with symptoms • Information to help you and others understand the changes you or the person you care for are experiencing • Any benefits or legal protection you may be entitled to
www.northamptonshire-carers.org/information-for-parent-carers
West Northants Voices in Partnership www.wnvp.co.uk
Northamptonshire Parent Carer Voices www.npcv.co.uk
SENDS 4 Dad – Support for Dads and male Carers who have a child or adult with special educational needs and/or a disability www.sends4dad.org.uk
Speaking to your GP is the starting point.
Riverside Hub SEND sessions www.riversidehub.com/sen
www.dementiauk.org
Families of children with special needs and disabilities are welcome to visit the Hub at any time. They also organise dedicated SEND events especially for these families and their friends.
www.alzheimers.org.uk
www.alzheimers.org.uk/get-support/publications-factsheets A child
Autism Friendly Groups www.autism.org.uk
We aim not to duplicate information that is already available but provide a simple way to access the information relative to autism only. This list includes the groups that we know are open to autistic people with or without a learning disability. Any group requirements, such as age and diagnosis, are included with the group information.
If your child has been diagnosed with an illness, disability or sensory impairment and needs a lot of additional support daily, they are described as having “complex needs”. A child might have complex needs from birth, or after an illness or injury. Your child may also be diagnosed or awaiting an assessment for a Neurodiversity like Autism.
www.familyfund.org.uk
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