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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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