Services
Psychology-informed, non-clinical support for families navigating dementia
Anchor Dementia Care provides structured education and advisory support for families experiencing the emotional, relational and practical realities of dementia.
Our work complements medical, psychological and care services by focusing on an often-overlooked part of the dementia journey: the wellbeing and experience of the people providing care.
Dementia can place significant emotional and practical demands on the person carrying primary responsibility for care. Family caregivers may find themselves managing changing behaviours, difficult decisions, shifting family roles and increasing responsibility while trying to maintain their own health, work, relationships and identity.
Anchor provides focused, individualised support around these challenges.
How We Can Help
Caregiver Wellbeing
Support around the emotional and psychological impact of caregiving, including stress, changing roles, isolation and maintaining a sense of identity alongside care.
Family Relationships & Communication
Helping families navigate changing roles, responsibilities, boundaries and difficult conversations with greater clarity and understanding.
Personhood, Autonomy & Behaviour
Looking beyond behaviour to consider what a person may be communicating, while keeping their identity, dignity, autonomy and meaningful participation at the centre.
Caregiving Decisions & Transitions
Creating greater clarity around difficult decisions, changing care needs, family responsibilities and the practical realities of longer-term care.
Private Family Caregiver Advisory
Individualised Support for Families Navigating Dementia
Private advisory support for family caregivers who need focused, individualised space to understand their circumstances, identify what needs attention and consider practical ways forward.
Sessions can be tailored around the challenges most relevant to the family, including:
Caregiver wellbeing — stress, emotional overload, changing roles, isolation and maintaining a sense of identity alongside care.
Family relationships & communication — responsibilities, boundaries, difficult conversations and areas of tension.
Personhood, autonomy & behaviour — understanding behaviour as possible communication and considering the emotional, psychological and relational factors that may contribute to distress.
Caregiving decisions & transitions — changing care needs, family decision-making, responsibilities and longer-term care planning.
The advisory format is flexible rather than programme-based, allowing the focus to respond to the family's circumstances as they evolve.
For caregivers who would benefit from a more structured 12-week process, The CLEAR Path™ Programme provides a comprehensive framework.
The CLEAR Path™ Programme
A 12-Week Structured Programme for Family Caregivers
The CLEAR Path™ is Anchor's signature structured programme for caregivers carrying significant emotional, relational and practical responsibility.
It provides a framework for moving from feeling overwhelmed or reactive towards greater clarity, emotional wellbeing, family alignment and resilience.
C- Clarity
Understand the current caregiving situation, identify the most significant pressures and establish what requires attention.
L- Listening
Explore the needs, emotions and perspectives of the person living with dementia and the caregiver, including what may be communicated through behaviour.
E- Emotional Wellbeing
Understand the psychological impact of caregiving and develop sustainable responses to stress, emotional overload, role change and isolation.
A- Alignment
Clarify family roles, boundaries, communication and responsibilities so that caregiving does not become unnecessarily concentrated on one person.
R- Resilience
Develop a more sustainable approach to caregiving while maintaining connection to the caregiver's own identity, relationships, work and life.
The goal is not to make dementia easy. It is to help families navigate it with greater clarity, stability and confidence.
Non-clinical | Psychology-informed | Family-centred
Anchor Dementia Care is deliberately non-clinical.
We believe that supporting the person providing care is an important part of sustainable, person-centred dementia care. Rather than focusing only on managing symptoms or solving individual care problems, we look at the wider psychological and relational context in which caregiving takes place.
Our approach considers the caregiver, the person living with dementia and the relationship between them—recognising that communication, behaviour, family dynamics and caregiver wellbeing are often interconnected.
We do not diagnose dementia, provide medical treatment or replace psychotherapy, clinical psychology or other professional healthcare services.
Our role is to provide psychology-informed education, structured reflection and practical advisory support that complements the wider care team.
A Different Kind of Dementia Support
Private Consultation & Enquiry
Because our advisory work is highly personalised, we work with a limited number of families at a time.
Each new enquiry begins with a confidential consultation to understand your circumstances, the challenges you are navigating and whether Anchor is the right fit.
We may discuss your caregiving situation, caregiver wellbeing, family relationships and communication, and any immediate or longer-term support needs.
Where appropriate, we may recommend private advisory support, the CLEAR Path™ Programme,or another professional or community-based resource.
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