Alzheimer's Society says it’s alarming that nearly two thirds of care workers have not received any dementia training, and a long-term social care workforce strategy is needed. Today, Wednesday 13 ...

Our next Dementia Action Week will take place from 19 - 25 May 2025, where we will continue raise awareness of the importance of a timely and accurate diagnosis for people affected by dementia.

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Turning Up the Volume is the largest-ever survey with people with dementia to hear their views and experiences of what daily life is like. Turning Up the Volume: unheard voices of people with dementia ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can be hard to diagnose, because it is an uncommon type of dementia and does not cause memory problems at first. However, there are some ways to diagnose FTD including ...

Get local dementia statistics by exploring Integrated Care System (ICS) data using our interactive map. Understanding the scale of dementia within an area is paramount for providing high quality local ...

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 ...

Our school teaching resources make it easy to teach and learn about dementia from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 4. No prior knowledge of dementia is required. All of these resources can be used in class, ...

The Dementia Knowledge Centre (DKC) is an information service for professionals and others with an interest in dementia care and evidence-based research into dementia. Our aim is to improve the ...

What is the dementia training report about? Our new report, ‘Because we’re human too: Why dementia training for care workers matters and how to deliver it’ demonstrates why high-quality mandatory ...

Dementia can turn a home into a living nightmare. Home is the place you should feel safest. Sudden deafening sounds. Dark pits appearing in the floor. Being unable to recognise everyday items. These ...

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