Eastern Cape

General Inquiries

Alzheimer’s Eastern Cape office is located at:

86 Park Drive, Central, Port Elizabeth

Office Hours: Monday to Friday (09:00 – 13:00)

Services

Counselling and Information Service
The social worker of Alzheimer’s  Eastern Cape Region offers psycho-social support and counselling to persons living with dementia and their families. We also have resource lists available of Long Term Care Homes, NPO’s and Home Based Care Agencies in the Eastern Cape.

Support groups for the carers of people suffering from dementia
Support groups provide a safe environment for spouses, partners and caregivers to learn from and support each other.  We have 8 support groups across the province these groups are run on a monthly basis. For further details please see our list of support groups and the contact details. We have 5 support groups and 7 volunteers. 

Dementia training courses
We facilitate information sessions and one day ‘Caring for the person with Dementia’ training courses in English and Afrikaans. We are offering Zoom information sessions to create awareness, to provide skills and support; and Zoom training to families, partners, spouses of persons living with dementia and to up-skill caregivers. Courses can also be presented in a modular way to meet the need of the group or organisation who requiring the training.

Community project
Alzheimer’s Eastern Cape Region partners with Age-in-Action to facilitate the Motherwell Dementia Caregiver Capacity Building Project. The caregivers will be up skilled and trained to care for persons with dementia and related conditions and will be an asset to Home based Care Agencies, Long Term Care Homes and private caregivers with families. They will also create awareness of dementia in their communities to combat the stigma and misconception of dementia and related conditions.

Multi-Professional Diagnostic & Assessment Clinic
The Multi-Professional Diagnostic and Assessment Clinic run twice a month on the last Tuesday and Wednesday. The clinic is run by multi-professional teams. The teams provide diagnostic, assessment and supportive services. The teams, with the participation of the person and family, determine what care plan will be in the best interest of the person. Follow-up sessions are scheduled at six-month intervals to evaluate the progress and the impact of dementia on the person and their changing needs. The social worker offers on-going support to the person with dementia and their family; and liaises with the multi-professional team.

World Alzheimer’s Day
Alzheimer’s Eastern Cape Region organise special events during September to highlight World Alzheimer’s Day which is celebrated each year on 21^st September. The events take place in Port Elizabeth and surroundings.

For information on any of the above mentioned services or any enquiry please contact our office on 041 581 5300 or send an email to easterncape@alzheimers.org.za.

Questionnaire

Dear Colleagues , Caregivers, Families, Support Groups

The Covid pandemic has challenged us in ways that we could not have anticipated. It is two years later, and we are still trying to adapt to the new normal. However, this led to the birth of online training which is more accessible, affordable and time wise.

Alzheimer’s South Africa has revised our training material to make it more relevant and in line with the post-Covid challenges facing by the families, caregivers, and professionals in caring for the person/persons living with dementia.

Alzheimer’s Eastern Cape Region would like you to provide us with specific training/information needs to create an online training schedule that will meet your expectations.

We will schedule the training/information sessions on the feedback we received to commence from July 2022.

Please complete the questionnaire  before 20 June 2022.

Become a Volunteer

If you would like to get involved as a volunteer, contact Dr Heather Rauch.

• We need volunteers with a passion for persons living with dementia and their families.
• We need professionals in the mental health, nursing, occupational therapy, speech therapy and social work field who can get involved in our regional advisory committee; assist with training; and establishing and running of support groups.
• We need professionals with expertise in law and finances to get involved in our regional advisory committee.
• We need passionate community members who can assist with awareness raising and advocacy, marketing and fundraising, and door to door campaigns in communities.

Banking Details for Eastern Cape Region

Banking Details for Donations:

• Alzheimer’s Eastern Cape
• Standard Bank, Port Elizabeth
• Account number 080799280
• Branch number 050-017
• Reference Your Company name

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