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Dementia Care Trust
Kingsley House
Greenbank Road
Bristol
BS5 6HE
Tel: 0870 443 5325
Fax: 0117 951 8213
Web: www.dct.org.uk
Best time to telephone: 9am - 4pm, Monday - Friday (answerphone at other times)
The Dementia Care Trust is a Bristol-based charity primarily serving Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Gloucester, although it is able to deal with enquiries from all over the UK. The DCT offers the following:
- Respite caring at home (in areas mentioned above).
- Domiciliary care (North Somerset only).
- Counselling.
- Day care.
- Lunch clubs.
- Training in domiciliary care and care in the community for medical students, social work students, charities and self-help groups.
- A regular newsletter.
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