The Government has pumped £200,000 into dementia care in the borough.
Sutton Council last week welcomed a grant of £197,000 from the Department of Health for its project to create dementia-friendly environments in sheltered housing.
The project will see work done on improving the environment in four separate sheltered housing blocks - which are home to more than 150 people - to be more dementia-friendly.
The work will include using sensory technology, decor and lighting to make a more suitable environment, planting sensory gardens, memory boxes and aids to reminiscence for residents as well as assistive technology such as flashing alarms, door sensors and falls detectors.
Councillor Colin Stears, chairman of Sutton Council's’s adult social services and health committee, said: "This is just one small example of the work we are doing to create a dementia-friendly borough.
"We are very aware of the challenge society faces in caring for these particularly vulnerable people and we are absolutely committed to rising to that challenge."
The four sheltered housing schemes Cloverdale Court, Belsize Court, Admiral Court and Crowbourne Court are mixed communities with a significant number of the residents living with dementia.
More than 2,000 people in Sutton are currently living with dementia and that figure is expected to rise by 15 per cent by 2020.
In order to prepare for the challenge of meeting their needs, in April this year Sutton signed the Dementia Care and Support Compact and the Dementia Pledge to demonstrate the borough’s commitment to improving care and support.
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