How to get involved with Dining4Dementia
We were really pleased with the positive response to the campaign and interest from people living with dementia.
If you would like to be involved in next year’s campaign, please email us at [email protected] and we will be in touch!
We are supporting the restaurants to become more dementia-friendly, and we have developed tailored training for this campaign on how to best support people with dementia taking part and the adjustments that can be made.
Alzheimer’s Society is not responsible for the operation and management of the restaurants including the activities which take place within the restaurants. The restaurant owners are responsible for the operation and management of their restaurants. This includes the training given, the activities to be carried out, the facilities within the restaurant and how they deal with their customers.
Josh Eggleton, ‘The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes’ Chef and restaurant owner said of the process:
'When it came to training I didn’t treat people with dementia any differently. We would start at the beginning and I took them through each stage. I tried to get a feel for each person and understand what makes them tick and adapt as needed. We played to their strengths
'We used dementia friendly signage throughout the restaurant to help orientate people. In the kitchen, we had checklists on the wall – a normal thing for any restaurant which helps everyone.
'We also developed a checklist for service which helped the front of house team. They would tick everything off as they did it and could check back to see if they’d given them water, taken their orders and cleared the table if they couldn’t remember. All these adjustments were straightforward and inexpensive.'
