Dementia
Dementia is used as a term to describe many conditions that affect the brain. Dementia UK has a large amount of information and resources to help support anyone affected by dementia.
In the list below, there are links to Dementia UK for information on the 4 most common types of dementia that you will come across but please note there are many more and Dementia UK has further information on these.
Useful resources
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- Supporting people with dementia
- Alzheimer’s: ‘this is me’ leaflet
- Is your care home dementia friendly?
- Communication cue cards
- Conversation cards
- Coping-with-distress
- Changes in sexual behaviour
- DiADeM tool
- Music web links
- Music
- Dementia friendly TV
- Doll therapy
- Making decisions for someone else – Social care and support guide
Please also check out Mental health and distressed behaviour section for additional resources
Useful websites
Useful videos
Therapeutic Lies in Dementia Care – Ian James
Understanding sensory changes in Dementia
Fundamental needs in Dementia
Understanding memory changes in Dementia
Understanding Thinking in Dementia: Fast and Slow
Formulations in dementia care – an animation from the CAIT and Newcastle Model series
Micro-cues for providing a sense of belonging in dementia care
Use of verbal judo in dementia care
Behaviors that challenge in dementia care
Person-centered restraint in dementia care
Dementia specific communication and PAL
Communication in dementia care: problems to avoid
Namaste care for people living with dementia
Reasons for distress and agitation in dementia
Micro skills used to deliver good dementia care
How to use eye-contact to communicate You care
Person-centered interactions: the giving and receiving of objects
Value of activating the ‘happy’ hormones in people living with dementia
How to approach residents with behaviors
Understanding how the Frontal Lobe guides dementia care
Bathing and Dementia – with Teepa Snow of Positive Approach to Care (PAC)
Page last reviewed: 23 April, 2025