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.

Common types of Dementia

• Lewy body dementia
• Vascular dementia
• Alzheimer’s dementia
• Parkinson’s disease

Useful resources

• • 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

Dementia UK

Dementia Friends

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

Behaviours that challenge in dementia care

Person-centred 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

Microskills used to deliver good dementia care

How to use eye-contact to communicate You Care

Value of activating the ‘happy’ hormones in people living with dementia

Person-centered interactions: the giving and receiving of objects

Communication in Dementia care: problems to avoid