When commissioning or producing dementia services, you need to recruit people affected by dementia to give their opinions. Find out who to involve and how to recruit them. It may help save time and ...

Find out about what Dementia Care Mapping is, and how to use observation in combination with other methods for measuring the experiences of people with dementia. You are here: Observation as a ...

What does the report say? Our report, Left to Cope Alone: The unmet support needs after a dementia diagnosis, shows that people need comprehensive support that encompasses medical, emotional and ...

There are a number of different group activities you can use to gather feedback from people who have dementia, including focus and service user groups, workshops, electronic voting, and mystery ...

Intercept real people affected by dementia from online support/advice services and invite them to take part in research. Websites and forums about dementia can receive thousands of visits every day by ...

The 3 Nations Dementia Working Group (3NDWG) are a friendly group of people diagnosed with dementia who want to make a difference whilst we still can. We are a small group with big ambitions and we ...

Read about how Alzheimer’s Society uses and protects personal information and about your rights in relation to how your information is used. This website is run by Alzheimer's Society. We respect your ...

When a person is diagnosed with dementia they may not understand or accept their diagnosis. This may be because the person is in denial, or because they have what is known as ‘lack of insight’. When a ...

Kate joined Alzheimer’s Society as Chief Executive in March 2020, and is dedicated to providing help and hope to people affected by dementia to face some of the most frightening times of their lives.

As a person's dementia progresses, their dental needs may become more complicated. The person might need specialist treatment and mental capacity to consent to treatment may need to be assessed.

Find out why a person may hide, hoard or lose things, as well as how you can help. A person with dementia may hide things, store them for a long time, or lose them. This can be distressing for the ...

DiADeM is a tool to support GPs in diagnosing dementia for people living with advanced dementia in a care home setting. It has been developed by the Yorkshire and Humber Dementia Strategic Clinical ...