Referral to a dementia specialist If your GP thinks you may have dementia, they will refer you to a specialist for tests. Find out what’s involved and what to do while you’re waiting.

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

People with later-stage dementia will eventually need full-time care and support with daily living and personal care, such as eating, washing and dressing. Whatever kind of dementia a person has, ...

People with dementia often carry out the same activity, make the same gesture, say the same thing, make the same noise or ask the same question over and over.

It can be difficult to know what to say to the person you care for. Telling the truth can cause the person with dementia to have an emotional response and, in some cases, may make things worse.

Sometimes a person with dementia will behave in ways that are difficult to understand in the late afternoon or early evening. This is known as 'Sundowning'.

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.

Find out why possible links between contact sports and dementia must be balanced against the benefits of physical exercise on the brain.

Read more about how head injuries incurred through contact sports could impact the brain. Please note - This information reflects the evidence at the time of the roundtable in April 2017. This is an ...

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 ...