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Dementia dog scheme seeking couples in project’s second phase

Ken Will with his dementia dog Kaspa.
Ken Will with his dementia dog Kaspa.

A dementia dog initiative is holding a series of information sessions to help attract people who could benefit from the project.

The Dogs for Good and Alzheimer Scotland collaboration trains dogs to help assist people living with dementia and their full-time carers.

Assistance dogs are trained and placed with couples who are still living at home, where one person is diagnosed with dementia and the other is their live-in carer — usually their spouse.

The dogs are trained to maintain a structured routine at home, act as a social connector, and provide emotional support for both the person with dementia and the carer.

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Fiona Corner, project manager, said the events would provide more detail on the scheme.

“They’re open to any couples or person with dementia and their carer and will let them find out more about the project, how the dog is trained to help,” she added.

The first event will be held on Tuesday 28 March between 2-4pm in the Alzheimer Scotland resource centre on Morgan Street. A second session will be held on Friday 31 March in the Wellgate Centre’s Central Library between 10.30am-12pm.

An Arbroath couple who previously received an assistance dog under the scheme will also be on hand to answer questions at Tuesday’s event.

Three dogs are currently being trained as part of the project and will be allocated to people living in Dundee and the surrounding area.