18/12/2025
🌟 Ards and North Down Borough Council is taking steps to become a Dementia Friendly Borough! 🌟
As part of the Council’s commitment to creating an Age Friendly community, they are pleased to introduce our new Dementia Safeguarding Scheme. With over 20,000 people living with dementia across Northern Ireland — a number expected to rise to 60,000 by 2050 — it’s more important than ever to support and protect our community members. 💙
In collaboration with local organisations and statutory partners, the Council is offering personalised wristbands and hang tags with vital emergency details. These simple tools include information such as medication, description, photograph, significant places, and routines — all recorded on a form to help ensure the safety and wellbeing of individuals living with dementia. 🧩
How can you help? 🤝
If you come across someone wearing one of these devices, you can quickly access their essential details, helping them get the assistance they need swiftly and safely.
Together, let’s make Ards and North Down a welcoming, safe, and supportive place for all. 💖
