Dementia Awareness Lesson Plan Sponsored By Volunteer Project Lead –Jayne Gledhill THE PROJECT Due to the UK’s ageing population, the main aim of this project is to make York a ‘Dementia Friendly City’ by raising awareness of Dementia to 2000 York students every academic year. PROJECT DETAILS This is a GeniUS York Project funded by City of York Council and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. GeniUS is the space for you to post and share your ideas with the online community. See - geniusyork.com THE LEARNING OBJECTIVES To explain Dementia To raise awareness of Dementia Help make York Dementia Friendly through awareness

I AM A TEENAGER – Why Do I Need To Know About Dementia? THE UK IS AN AGEING POPULATION CURRENTLY 800K PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA SET TO RISE TO OVER 2 MILLION BY 2021 YORK & NORTH YORKSHIRE 2007 Est. 10,851 2021 Est. 15,915 46.7% Increase THIS FIGURE FEELS VERY REAL WHEN YOU REALISE THAT THERE ARE APPROX. 9,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN HAXBY

RAISE YOUR HAND! RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF DEMENTIA DO YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY DEMENTIA?

DEFINITION of DEMENTIA DEMENTIA DESCRIBES A COMMON SET OF SYMPTOMS THAT DEVELOP AS A RESULT OF DAMAGE TO YOUR BRAIN IT IS A PROGRESSIVE DISEASE SYMPTOMS TYPICALLY INCLUDE MEMORY LOSS DIFFICULTY IN COMMUNICATING CHANGES IN MOOD TASK 1 – GIVE STUDENTS THE DEFINITION OF DEMENTIA

WATCH THE FILM - TUNING INTO DEMENTIA

PLEASE WRITE DOWN THE ONE THING THAT SURPRISED YOU ABOUT DEMENTIA POSTCARD PLEASE WRITE DOWN THE ONE THING THAT SURPRISED YOU ABOUT DEMENTIA

REFLECTIONS HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU WERE WATCHING THE FILM? DISCUSS WHY THIS SUBJECT IS IMPORTANT TO TEENAGERS THE AGEING POPULATION MAY BE A CHALLENGE TO YOUR FUTURE THE IMPACTS THAT IT MAY HAVE ON SERVICES SUCH AS THE NHS OR CARE HOMES SPLIT THE CLASS INTO TWO GROUPS AND ASK THEM TO SHARE THEIR REFLECTIONS

RAISE YOUR HAND! IF YOU NOW FEEL THAT YOU HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF DEMENTIA LEARNING OUTCOMES

SCENARIO IF YOU SAW SOMEONE IN DIFFICULTY IN THE STREET (THEY LOOKED LOST) WOULD YOU HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO EITHER HELP THEM OR GET HELP FROM ANOTHER ADULT? LEARNING OUTCOMES

THE FUTURE DO YOU THINK THAT WE ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO MAKE YORK DEMENTIA FRIENDLY? PRIME MINISTER’S CHALLENGE – https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-s- challenge-on-dementia

CONTACT DETAILS DEMENTIA CONTACTS: DEMENTIA FORWARD T 01765 601224 E info@dementiaforward.org.uk ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY T 01904 567701 E yorkservices@alzheimers.org.uk