Early Onset Dementia
Dementia in people under 65 is known as early onset dementia (EOD) and is rare. There are approximately 100 people in Brighton and Hove affected by EOD.

In 1999 ARDIS was able to supply 33% of the necessary start-up funding to establish The Towner Club, a specialist day care service for adults of working age. ARDIS partnered the Alzheimer’s Society National Office and the Brighton Area Branch.

The objective of the project was to enhance the quality of life of people with EOD and their families by developing a service which promotes the physical and emotional well-being of this client group and enables them to function independently for as long as possible in the community.

Today the Alzheimer’s Society Brighton Area Branch maintains The Towner Club as a joint project partnered with South Downs NHS Trust, Brighton And Hove Adult Social Services and ARDIS. The Towner Club offers a high quality service characterized by a friendly, supportive, stimulating and constructive environment with recreational and therapeutic activities.

We look forward to a long association with and continuing growth for this vital care for younger people with dementia, which also offers respite for carers. The board of ARDIS join in the international celebrations of the Alzheimer’s Society’s silver jubilee year (1979-2004).

Kamal Beeharee, who can be contacted on Tuesdays and Fridays on telephone 01273 570716, manages the Towner Club, Somerset Day Centre, St. James Street, Brighton.


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