Score!: LFC have launched a new app to support fans with dementia

Love is a many splendored thing, especially when it comes from premier league teams supporting fans who suffer with dementia.  

Last week Liverpool Football Club Foundation (LFC Foundation) and Forever Reds, announced they had teamed up with National Museums Liverpool to create a first-of-its-kind app that helps supporters living with dementia.

Partly funded by the LFC Foundation, the app, which is known as the My House of Memories, captures the sights, sounds and history of Liverpool Football Club in a package called ‘Liverpool Football Club Memories’, which will be used to help spark conversations between people living with dementia and their loved ones from across the globe.

A range of LFC legends, including John Barnes, John Aldridge and Becky Easton, Emma Case from the Red Archive and the LFC museum have been involved in helping to create the digital scrapbook of objects and memories of the club.

Commenting on the launch of the new app, John Aldridge, chair of the Forever Reds, said: ‘We continue to see the impact of dementia across the world of football and so it is a natural link for LFC to be a part of the launch of digital content like this that will help so many people who are sadly living with dementia.

‘Dementia is a horrible condition and it’s important that we continue to help support those who are affected and their families, who are also impacted, as much as possible.’

According to the latest figures from NHS England, it is estimated that around 676,000 people have dementia. In the UK, the number is estimated at 850,000 – the disease mainly affects older people and after the age of 65, the likelihood of developing dementia roughly doubles every five years.

Katie Ellis Carrigg, Head of Partnerships at LFC Foundation, said: ‘This was a unique opportunity for us to work with the House of Memories programme to provide specialist app content for anyone living with dementia, whether that be LFC supporters, former players, or the wider football family.

‘We are proud to be the first club to take part in an initiative like this and we hope it is a real source of support for those who need it.’

You can now download the new app via the Apple Store and Google Play, or information about how to access it can also be found here.

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