Alzheimer's Society is a United Kingdom care and research charity for people with dementia and their carers.
Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading dementia support and research charity for people living with dementia, their families and carers, providing information and support, fund research and campaign to raise awareness.
About Dementia
- What is dementia?
- What is the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s disease?
- Types of dementia
- Symptoms and diagnosis
- Treatments
- Risk factors and prevention
- Dementia drugs: Understanding common side effects and how they may affect the heart
- Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)
- Delirium - symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
A guide Dementia: Reducing your risk is available at this link.
Support
Alzheimer's Society offer support in the following areas:
- Daily living
- Help with care
- Staying independent
- Legal and financial
- Cost of living support
- Coronavirus support
- Publications and factsheets
- Local support services
- Online community
- Dementia together magazine
- Rarer dementia support
Guides and Advice
Further guides and advice about living and caring for somebody with dementia at the following links:
- My Life, My Goals is a step by step self-help guide designed to help people living with dementia.
- What to do if you've just been diagnosed with dementia
- Understanding and supporting a person with dementia
- Caring for a person with dementia: A practical guide
- Help with dementia care
- Getting support from others caring for a person with dementia
- Making your home dementia friendly
- Coping with memory loss
- Living with dementia and diabetes
- Living with dementia as an LGBTQ+ person
- Working with dementia -Yor rights
- Supporting a person with dementia who’s experiencing vision and perception problems
- Flu jabs for people affected by dementia
Guides with advice about finances and cost of of living for people affected by dementia are available at the following links:
- Benefits Overview
- Financial Benefits for people affected by dementia
- Retirement benefits for people affected by dementia
- Support to help with the cost of living
- Managing money as a person with dementia
- Advice for people affected by dementia during the cost of living crisis
The following publications are available for download (PDF files):
- Worried about memory problems?
- Diagnosing dementia: A practical guide to assessment
- The Activities Handbook: Supporting someone with dementia to stay active and involved
Podcasts and Videos
Selected audio factsheets and podcasts are available to listen to online at this link.
A full length film - "Guide to Dementia" is available on YouTube. It is aimed at anyone who has recently been told they have dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia or mixed dementia. It will also be useful to close friends and family of someone with dementia, as it contains information for anyone taking on a caring role.
Alzheimers Society Blog
The Alzheimer's Society Blog contains real stories from people affected by dementia the latest dementia news, research and campaigns including the following articles:
- Life after a dementia diagnosis: a guide to setting and reaching goals
- 5 publications about dementia that could help you
- How to talk to somebody living with dementia
- What not to say to somebody with dementia
- 10 ways to make dressing easier for people with dementia
- How to offer help to someone with dementia who doesn’t want it
- How to support somebody living with dementia in cold weather
- 7 ways to support a person with dementia in cold weather
- Guilt and dementia: How to manage guilty feelings as a carer
- Supporting a person with dementia who has apathy
Driving and Dementia
Knowing when to give up driving is a complex and emotive issue. Guidelines to help you decide are available here.
Tips about driving after a dementia diagnosis are available at this link.
A guide to How to apply for a blue badge for a person with dementia ia available here.
Support Groups and Forums
Dementia Connect is Alzheimer's Society's comprehensive services directory for people affected by dementia.
Talking Point is a free, 24 hour online community for anyone affected by dementia. It's a safe place to ask questions, share your experiences and receive advice and support. To find out more about the forum and how to join follow this link.
Side by Side pair people with dementia and volunteers so they can keep doing the things they love and get out and about. Side by Side volunteers can help people with dementia to live the lives they want and deserve.
Newsletters
Keep up to date with the latest research news, fundraising events, important campaigns and everything the Society has to share with you by subscribing to their e-newsletters at the bottom of their homepage.
Contact
If you have concerns about Alzheimer's disease or about any other form of dementia, the Alzheimer's Society National Dementia Helpline can provide information, support, guidance and signposting to other appropriate organisations.
You can contact the helpline by:
- Telephone: 0333 150 3456
For full contact details follow this link.
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