This eight-week course enables people living with dementia to improve their quality of life. The course is designed to help improve wellbeing and give you the tools to respond to the stresses and strains of everyday life. It is based on the original Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course, which has a solid base of evidence that demonstrate it’s effectiveness.

Overview​
Living with dementia can be challenging at times. Dementia affects everybody differently, but it may increase the likelihood of anxiety, stress, and low-mood for some. You might have concerns about the future, about memory issues and about your relationships.

This eight-week mindfulness course has been adapted to make it more relevant for people living with dementia. It offers skills-based learning and tools to help you manage and respond to the day-to-day challenges you face in a more compassionate way. You may like to invite a loved one or someone who supports you to join you on this course. That way they can benefit from the course too, and you can do the home practice together. It’s always helpful to practice with someone else.

Who is it for?
This eight-week course has been adapted for people living with early-stage dementia. And you don’t need a diagnosis to sign up. You may invite a loved one or carer to attend with you, if that would be helpful and they would like to. Both of you will need to apply separately by filling in the form below.

This course is offered free. We only ask that you help us with a pre- and post evaluation so we can assess the impact of the course on your wellbeing. This will involve a pre- and post evaluation form, and we will be happy to provide support as needed.

When?
On Thursday mornings from 10.30am to 12.30pm from 26 March 2026 until 21 May 2026. This includes a pre-course orientation session on 26 March for you to decide if mindfulness is right for you. And the eight-week course starts the following weekon 2 April and runs until 21 May.

Where? Brighton

The format of the course?
The course involves:

*Optional online pre-course meeting with a course facilitator.
*Pre-course orientation on 26 March at 10.30am to decide if mindfulness is for you.
*Eight weekly two hour in-person sessions including mindfulness practices, discussion and exercises.
*Daily home practice of up to 20 minutes

Facilitators
Lynn Ley – Julia Powell

Learn more here:https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/event/mindfulness-for-people-living-with-dementia-thursday-mornings/