If your GP has referred you to a dementia specialist, you may have to wait a few weeks or several months for your appointment. You will usually see a dementia specialist at a memory clinic. They will ...

Our resources Poster and flyer PDFs can be downloaded from your browser. For images, right click and save these to your computer. For use in England and Northern Ireland only 1 in 3 people living with ...

Sue Noakes has young-onset Alzheimer's disease and shares how counselling and continuing with mindful hobbies helped ...

Dementia is a life-limiting condition and there is information about later-stage dementia and life expectancy on this page. Some people may find this upsetting and difficult to think about. For more ...

Tips for managing repetitive behaviour Try to be patient and keep your tone level and calm. If the person keeps asking about the time or date, consider putting a calendar or clock somewhere they can ...

Difficult questions a person with dementia might ask and how to respond Asking for a partner, friend or relative who has died If they are asking for a partner, relative or friend who has died, telling ...

What is sundowning? Sometimes you might see changes in the person’s behaviour in the later afternoon or towards the end of the day. During this time the person may become intensely distressed, ...

Society isn’t listening to people with dementia – but we are Turning Up the Volume: unheard voices of people with dementia is a report containing the findings from Alzheimer’s Society’s largest-ever ...

A concern amongst many of the experts was that headlines linking playing football to dementia may have a negative effect on participation in all sport. Physical activity and exercise have one of the ...

Research in high-collision or high-impact sports, mostly boxing and American football, has linked multiple mild head injuries, such as concussion, to a condition called chronic traumatic ...

Severe head injury (of any cause) is an established risk factor for dementia. For example, a recent study of nearly 200,000 US veterans suggested that there was a 60% increase in the risk for ...