RESIDENTS and staff at an East Dorset dementia care home stepped out to help community partners raise awareness of the condition.
A party from Colten Care’s Fernhill in Longham hit the streets to join the seven-mile Ferndown Memory Walk alongside representatives from businesses, fellow care providers and other organisations.
The route, which took in various stops including at the Ringwood Road home, was in support of the Ferndown Dementia Friendly Town initiative.
As with similar initiatives across the country, FDFT aims to educate the community about dementia, provide inclusive and accessible activities and ensure people living with dementia and their carers can help shape local service planning and decision-making.
Companionship team leader Cara Duroe said: “We’re so proud to support such a vital cause, walk the walk and stand together as a community in the fight against dementia.”