DementiaRoadmap

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• Let’s Talk About Dementia and Down’s SyndromeLet’s Talk About Dementia and Down's Syndrome - An easy read booklet about Dementia for adults with Down’s Syndrome
• SIGN GuidelinesThe guideline covers: the identification and diagnosis of dementia, investigative procedures, post-diagnostic support, non-pharmacological distressed behaviours, grief and dementia, the changing needs of people with dementia, and palliative approaches.
• Stress and DementiaInformation about the link between stress and dementia
• Primary Care – GP DetailsIf you are worried about your memory, you should contact your GP for an assessment. Please find here the contact details for your local health services
• Delirium awareness videoDelirium in older adults often goes unrecognised by health care professionals and can be poorly managed. This video was produced with the aim of improving recognition and management of delirium in any healthcare setting.
• Health matters: midlife approaches to reduce dementia riskThis guidance published by Public Health England makes the case for action in midlife to promote healthy lifestyles that can reduce the risk of dementia.
• The Daily SparkleThe Daily Sparkle is a professionally written daily and weekly reminiscence and activity tool supported by the UK's leading care organisations such as the NHS, AgeUK and DementiaUK.
• Dementia, disability and frailty in later life – mid-life approaches to delay or prevent onsetThis guidance published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence aims to increase the amount of time that people can be independent, healthy and active in later life.
• Younger people with dementiaThis factsheet published by the Alzheimer's Society explores at the types of dementia that younger people under 65 years of age may have, some of the difficulties that they might experience and where support can be found.
• The Sound Doctor: Getting the best out of life with dementiaA series of films providing information to families living with dementia through the entertaining medium of TV/Film.
Wearing glasses with dementia factsheetThis factsheet discusses the issues that people with dementia who need to wear glasses may face. It will be useful for people with dementia, their families, carers, and professionals.
Can dementia be prevented?These web pages on the NHS Choices portal give advice on leading a healthy lifestyle to help lower your risk of developing dementia when you are older.
Frontotemporal dementiaThis article published in the British Medical Journal highlights some of the issues pertinent to Frontotemporal dementia, a clinically and pathologically heterogeneous group of non-Alzheimer dementias characterised collectively by relatively selective, progressive atrophy involving the frontal or temporal lobes, or both.
Drugs used to relieve behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementiaThis factsheet produced by the Alzheimer’s Society explores the different types of drugs that can be used to treat these symptoms if non-pharmalogical treatments have not worked.
Services for younger people with DementiaPeople who develop early onset dementia in their 40s, 50s or early 60s, or sometimes younger, often have different needs from older people. Alzheimer Scotland provides specialist support, activities and groups for people with dementia under 65 in some areas. Visit the links in this page to find out what is available in your area.
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