Dementia Adviser

Our Dementia Advisers work with people with dementia, their families and carers to provide a highly responsive and individualised information and signposting service.

Our Dementia Advisers work with people with dementia, their families and carers to provide a highly responsive and individualised information and signposting service.

Our local Dementia Adviser will work with you to:

  • Provide information and advice throughout your journey with dementia,
  • Help connect you with dementia supports and services,
  • Help connect you with local groups and services and,
  • Help your community to be more dementia friendly.

In 2017, ASI carried out a client survey to understand peoples experience with the dementia adviser service and the impact it had for them and their family. This will in turn help us to deliver the best possible service and to advocate for more dementia advisers in Ireland. You can read the results of the survey here

Our Dementia Advisers are:

If there is no Dementia Adviser in your area our Helpline Advisers are available to help people living anywhere in Ireland. Our Helpline Advisers will work with you to help meet your information and support needs and help you to contact local supports and services in your community. Read more about this service by clicking HERE

The Helpline Service is open
Monday to Friday, 10 am to 5 pm
Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm
Phone: 1800 341 341
Email: [email protected]

For enquiries about the Dementia Adviser Service contact:

Siobhan Johnston
National Coordinator, Dementia Advisor Service
[email protected]
086 4670667

News Update

The ASI received funding late in 2020 from the HSE/Slaintecare to expand our Dementia Advisor Service. We are working collaboratively with the National Dementia Office to deliver a nationwide DA service.

Launch of expanded Service

The HSE’s National Dementia Office and The ASI hosted an online webinar to launch the expanded National Dementia Adviser Service on Wednesday, 10th November. You can view the full webinar on The ASI’s YouTube channel here

 

Funded by the HSE

Dementia Adviser

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Carlow Dementia Adviser

Contact: Yvonne Leahy
Phone: 087 6857427

Note:

Dementia Adviser Yvonne Leahy is available to people living in Kilkenny and Carlow. This service is free and confidential.

Need help?
Call the National Helpline
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