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Community Dementia Service - Herefordshire
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The Community Dementia Service is a Primary Care Team (sitting alongside the GP’s) made up of specialist community dementia nurses and dementia advisors. The dementia advisors are linked to the Alzheimer’s Society (charitable organisation).
- Base: Benet Building, Ruckhall Lane, Belmont, Hereford, HR2 9RP
- Service Manager Lead: Cassie Gatfield
- Address: Benet Building, Ruckhall Lane, Belmont, Hereford, HR2 9RP
- Reception hours: Operational hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
- Reception phone number: 01432 220445
About our service
The Community Dementia Service is a Primary Care Team (sitting alongside the GP’s) made up of specialist community dementia nurses and dementia advisors. The dementia advisors are linked to the Alzheimer’s Society (charitable organisation).
What we do
The Community Dementia Service supports GPs with dementia assessments and diagnosis for people who do not need or would not benefit from a specialist memory assessment.
Dementia advisors provide specialist continuity of care, on-going support, and routine care to people who have a dementia diagnosis, and their carers.
Community dementia nurses and dementia advisors coordinate and provide expert knowledge and education to community services which support people with dementia. These include the Neighbourhood Teams, voluntary and third sector services and social care services.
Community dementia nurses refer more complex presentations to the Herefordshire Older Peoples Community Mental Health Team.
Dementia advisors can refer to adult social services and carers support.
Contact details
Service Lead – Cassie Gatfield
Team Manager – Vicki Newman
Benet Building
Ruckhall Lane
Belmont
Hereford, HR2 9RP
Telephone: 01432 220445
Operational hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
Please note these are NOT emergency services.
Make a referral
The service is accessed via your GP, or after a specialist memory assessment and diagnosis of dementia has been made.