Help with dementia care
This section contains advice on understanding and caring for someone with dementia, with tips on how carers can look after themselves too.
Understanding and supporting a person with dementia
These pages explain what dementia is, including the causes and symptoms, and how it is diagnosed and treated. They also look at the different types of dementia.
How the GP can support a person with dementia
GPs and GP practice staff (including practice nurses) have an important role in supporting people with dementia and their carers.
Supporting a lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans person with dementia
Advice and and practical tips for supporting a lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans (LGBT) person living with dementia.
Going into hospital
Hospitals can be disorientating and frightening for someone with dementia, but there is a lot that can be done to make their stay easier to manage.
Care homes: When is the right time and who decides?
Advice and practical tips for carers on when is the right time for a person to be moved to a care home.
Grief, loss and bereavement
When you are close to a person with dementia you may go through feelings of grief and loss. Here we take a look at these feelings in more detail.