The whole team at Sunrise of Eastbourne has been nominated for National Dementia Care’s Best Dementia Team Award.

Residents and team members at Sunrise of Banstead recently celebrated World Alzheimer’s Day with a special animal therapy session.

Sunrise of Banstead has created a new Sensory Garden to help aid sensory stimulation for residents living with dementia.

Sunrise of Fleet has been celebrating a love of reading by opening its doors to local children to share their favourite books with residents.

Sunrise of Winchester has partnered with the The Memory Box Project to run sessions for residents living with dementia. They provide a box of items that spark historical memories, which has seen an improved level of engagement and conversation amongst residents.

Val Dewey, a resident at Sunrise of Cardiff, has a passion for art and poetry and has started creating boxes filled with handmade cards for all occasions to raise money for charity. So far, Val’s venture has raised just over £50, which is all going toward the Alzheimer’s Society’s research into dementia. Val also has a book of poetry and artwork coming out soon, and the proceeds from this will also be donated to Alzheimer’s research.

Sunrise of Cardiff has launched a new project in conjunction with Cardiff Metropolitan University.