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The CARIAD dementia service is
a palliative care dementia service
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and we support people living with
dementia and their carers and loved ones
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within Blaenau Gwent.
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The main impact is about people
living well with dementia in the community,
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in their own homes.
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So it's about enabling them to stay
where they wish to stay for
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as long as possible.
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So things like avoiding hospital admissions,
avoiding residential placements,
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by supporting carers and providing that
holistic, well-rounded support really for
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anybody who is affected by a dementia diagnosis.
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They support me in a lot of ways.
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They've been to do assessments
and sorted finance things out for us.
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They did my power of attorney
and when they take Chris for a few hours,
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I get a few hours break and
you know, so really I look forward to a
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Wednesday afternoon as well,
as much as I love him.
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It's a break.
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When I first came to...
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The first time, once or twice I done it
I thought...hmm
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I'm hooked on it now.
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They are good as gold.
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All of you are.
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Good job we've got people like you
around here you know.
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Memory loss is a terrible thing, isn't it?
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You know, sometimes I can overcome it
and sometimes I can't.
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You know, I just hope that I won't get any
worse.
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We really appreciate what they've done
for us and this is bringing us out,
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you know, an afternoon out.
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You'd be stuck in watching the telly otherwise wouldn't you!
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You know, so we really enjoy it!
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I think from our perspective,
it's been such a positive impact
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for the people accessing our service
and the carers that
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I would just encourage anybody
to take that step forward and
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start something new and fresh really.