Wes and Linda’s Dorset Holiday
7 November 2024
Follow a couple going on their first MindforYou Holiday at Corffe Castle in Dorset
“Sargent Group Consulting helped us pick the right getaway and gave us the confidence that we could still enjoy special time away.“
Evidence clearly shows the significant wellbeing benefits of holidays for people living with dementia, other hidden disabilities and their families and friends. You may feel that your needs are too complex and personal to be accommodated in a tourist environment.
We continuously review the dementia travel landscape and have created a list of organisations we would recommend you consider.
However, we’re confident that if you’re still living at home with dementia, with the right advice and desire to take a calculated risk there’s a holiday solution for you. We’re here to help you find it.
Have a read of our 10-step approach to Holidaying with Dementia.
We understand the hurdles, barriers and uncertainties you may face about being away from home and can provide you with independent, impartial advice so you can move forward in a manageable and realistic way.
To make it easier to consider getting away for the day or on holiday, Sargent Group Consulting offer a bespoke dementia travel advice service.
Follow a couple going on their first MindforYou Holiday at Corffe Castle in Dorset
Reporting Scotland interviewed guest on a Dementia Inclusive Holiday in Grantown -on-Spey
Rodney and his wife Jean came on the first ever MindforYou holiday in May 2015. Take a listen to what he has to say about the experience
Wonderful guest blog written by Debbie Gilbert about taking her father-in-law Henry, who is 94 on holiday with her and her husband to Fuerteventura
Here is a guest blog written after a chat with Wendy in 2023. She talks about the importance of travel and the balance between familiarity and noverly for living your best life with dementia.
I was inspired by the wonderful relationship developed between Peter and Deb from a mutual love for cycling, travelling and challenging the myths around dementia
If you are still apprehensive about going on holiday we suggest you watch this advert from Chevrolet.
We’ve seen the power of a holiday for the dementia community, time and again. It’s why we want you and your loved ones to be able to travel and find hope, joy and renewed confidence.
When a person living with dementia experiences the right connection and support, it not only brings peace and joy into their life – it creates it for everybody around them, too.
Step 1 FREE 30-MINUTE NO-OBLIGATION CALL
This informal chat with one of our expert travel advisors is a great place to start. It will help you decide if our service is right for you and will allow us to begin to identify your individual needs.
STEP 2 FREEDOM TO CHOOSE PACKAGE
Our expert dementia travel advisors will work with you understand your worries and concerns and identify solutions tailored to your needs and the risks you are willing to take to spend time away from home.
For a one-off investment of £250 + VAT, we will identify solutions and options for both existing and future barriers that are making you concerned about going on holiday.
Our advice will enable you to move forward to book your holiday with confidence. You’ll be able to rest easy, knowing you’re selecting the right holiday and that your needs have been accurately identified, ensuring you’re able to enjoy a relaxing time away.
If our advice is that a holiday is not right for you, we will give you a full refund and suggest additional options to consider to get some rest and relaxation.
STEP 3 FREEDOM TO TRAVEL SERVICE
If you prefer to have someone else manage the entire process for you and would like the reassurance of knowing a personal travel consultant is on hand while you’re away, this service is for you. For 15% of the total cost of your holiday, we’ll not only provide you with our expert advice and support in identifying your detailed holiday requirements, we’ll match you with one of our trusted specialist travel consultants. They will be on hand at any time before and/or during your holiday to help manage any unexpected situations.
Complete our form below to arrange your free no-obligation video or telephone call to start your holiday journey with confidence, knowing that your needs are at the centre of everything we do.
After you press send, you’ll be redirected to a Calendly page where you can book your phone or video-call holiday enquiry meeting at a time that suits you.
Our free and private Facebook group is a place where you can chat about travel and dementia.
Get recommendations about dementia-inclusive days out and breaks away, ask others about challenges you may have in common, and share your own handy hints and tips about places you’ve visited and how to get the most out of time away.
It’s a friendly and compassionate space where we encourage discussion. We all have different experiences and you may be surprised by how much your own could help others.
Join our Facebook group here.
This weekly online group is part of the DEEP network and brings people living with dementia together to discuss their experiences around travelling, tourism and hospitality. Sargent Group Consulting established the group and facilitates the meetings, discussions and output. The group itself identifies its own weekly topics.
Our goals include: discuss travel and tourism topics relevant to the dementia community; share examples of best practice; provide feedback to the industry about potential improvements; influence national and regional tourist boards to encourage dementia-inclusion. We’re also working towards producing a guide to enable the dementia community to get the most out of travel, tourism and hospitality and to help businesses better understand dementia inclusion.
If you or someone you know is living with dementia and you’d like to find out more, please get in touch.
Please book your free meeting to discuss your holiday enquiry either on the phone or on a ZOOM video call