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Alzheimer Scotland - Action on Dementia : - Scotland's foremost voluntary organisation working for people with dementia and their carers. www.alzscot.org

The Alzheimer's Society: - the U.K.'s leading care and research charity for people with dementia, their families and carers. www.alzheimers.org.uk

Age UK: - Formerly Age Concern - the UK's largest charity working with and for older people. www.ageuk.org.uk
 
Bereavement Befriending (CRUSE): - promotes the well-being of bereaved people and enables anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. The organisation provides counselling and support, offering information, advice, education and training services. www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk

Catholic Church: - gives various links to the official national websites in England, Wales and Scotland. www.catholic-church.org.uk

Christian Council on Ageing: - giving a Christian voice and action on issues that matter to older people in church and society. www.ccoa.org.uk

The Christian Fellowship of Healing (Scotland) is an interdenominational Christian Fellowship, bound together by a commitment to offer a ministry of listening and healing prayer. www.cfhscotland.org.uk

Church Army: - a society of evangelists linked to the Anglican Church, committed to sharing faith in word and action, to enable people to come to a living faith in Jesus Christ. Their evangelists are working over the UK and Ireland, seeking to find new and exciting ways to be church member in the 21st century. www.churcharmy.org.uk

Church of Scotland: - governing system is Presbyterian, meaning that no one person or group within the Church has more influence or say than any other. Church of Scotland government is organised on the basis of courts. Their website gives more detail of their structure. www.churchofscotland.org.uk

Dementia Services Development Centre, Stirling University: - providing extensive information about dementia services and developing and disseminating research and good practice. www.dementia.stir.ac.uk

Counselling Direct www.counselling-directory.org.uk

The purpose of the site is ultimately to provide the UK with a huge counselling support network, enabling those in distress to find a counsellor
close to them and appropriate for their needs. This is a free, confidential service that will hopefully encourage those in distress to seek help. The website also contains a number of sections on emotional disorders (types of distress section) and provides some useful statistics.

The Diocese of Edinburgh: - details of the organisation, synodical structure and its churches along with news, etc. www.edinburgh.anglican.org

The Guild of St Raphael: - a church organisation concerned with healing in its widest sense. www.guild-of-st-raphael.org.uk

Leveson Centre: - a focus for interdisciplinary study of ageing, spirituality and social policy. www.leveson.org.uk/levesoncentre

Methodist Church : - a mainstream Christian Church. It works in partnership with other denominations whenever possible, but there are certain emphases in the Methodist culture which make it distinctive. www.methodist.org.uk

Methodist Homes for the Aged: - support and choice for older people. www.mha.org.uk

Mowat Research is an independent business consultancy which supports companies and organisations in responding to the practical implications of an ageing society. www.mowatresearch.co.uk

Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh: Social Care - addresses the needs of individuals, families and communities. www.archdiocese-edinburgh.com

The Edinburgh Women's Interfaith Group.
www.edinwig.org.uk/EWIG/Welcome.html
 

AARP International:-
American Association of Retired Persons - a very informative website with lots of tips for older people on health, wealth, growth and relationships
http://www.aarpinternational.org/

Milan provides services for older Asian people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Mauritius, living in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
http://www.milanswc.org/

The mission of Everycare is to significantly improve the quality of life for people with health and social care needs in all environments.
Our services are of the highest quality and effectively meet the needs of our customers, we arrange individually-designed health and social care programmes for each service user or organisation Tel: 0131 668 4184. Email Edinburgh@everycare.co.uk
 www.everycare.co.uk

Bright Care
Bright Care is an Edinburgh based, family run home care provider. They specialise in keeping seniors in Edinburgh safe and secure in their own homes for as long as possible, while maintaining their independence and dignity. They provide peace of mind to loved ones, by providing dependable and affordable care.