Providing a Path to Comfort, Connection, Dignity & Hope in Advanced Dementia
Welcome to NEAR
Namaste Care Education And Resources is a charity that promotes the equality and inclusion of people living with advanced dementia. We believe that everyone deserves to live with dignity and respect, and work tirelessly to ensure that the psychological needs of individuals with advanced dementia are met so that they are able to live well with dementia and their 'voices' are heard.
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We would like this website to be a source of information and inspiration for everyone involved in looking after people living with advanced dementia, whether they are family and friends, health care workers, people living with dementia themselves, or the interested public.
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We hope that everyone living with advanced dementia will have opportunities to experience dignity, comfort and pleasure every day. We believe that quality of life matters to the end of life and that people living with advanced dementia deserve to live well and die with dignity and comfort, surrounded by people who love them. We would like to see the Namaste Care programme adopted by policy makers and become a pillar of excellent dementia care.
Our Vision
NEAR’s vision is to provide education and resources enabling care home staff to achieve excellence in establishing the Namaste Care programme. We aim to build supportive networks for care homes practicing Namaste Care with the hope that these networks will encourage care workers to engage creatively with the care programme and develop new ways of providing care that makes life worth living for people with advanced dementia in care homes.
What we offer
Our Goals
Educate care partners, working with all those involved in the health and social care of people living with advanced dementia
Provide support to people with advanced dementia and their families
Add to the existing literature and research in advanced dementia
Be a network of support throughout the Namaste Care community