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What is normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH)?
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When a parent has dementia: Support for young people
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Young Dementia Network
Personal stories about young onset dementia
Health advice
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Managing anxiety
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Eating and drinking
Dementia and dehydration: hydration guidance
Staying healthy
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How dementia can affect incontinence
Keeping a person with dementia safe during hot weather
Looking after a person with dementia in cold weather
Medication and dementia
Pain and dementia
Diabetes and dementia
Cancer and dementia
Learning disabilities and dementia
Caring for a person with a stoma and dementia
Changes in perception and hallucinations
False beliefs and delusions
Coping with distress
Delirium and dementia: symptoms, causes and treatment
What is dementia sundowning? Signs, symptoms and tips
Restlessness and agitation in dementia: causes and treatment
Dementia and falls
Frailty and dementia
Understanding statins and dementia
Understanding statins and dementia
The link between cholesterol and dementia
Financial and legal guidance
Financial and legal guidance
Lasting power of attorney and dementia
Council tax discount
Financial and legal sources of support
The Carer’s Assessment
Advance Care Planning
Finance and young onset dementia
Guide to continuing healthcare funding
Attendance Allowance
Mental capacity and decision-making for people with dementia
Financial and legal online session
Prevent a person with dementia from being scammed
Looking after yourself as a carer
Looking after yourself as a carer
How dementia can affect relationships and roles
Finding help and support at home
Caring from a distance
Grief, bereavement and loss
Coping with feelings of guilt
Looking after yourself caring for someone with dementia
What is a sandwich carer?
Breaking difficult news
When someone doesn’t recognise you
Registering as a carer with your GP
Understanding dying
A stay in hospital
End of life care
Keeping safe when you care for someone with dementia
Living with dementia
Living with dementia
Blue Badge parking
Driving and dementia
Dementia and sleep
Changes in sexual behaviour
Online GP services for a person with dementia
Sex, intimacy and dementia
Living aids and assistive technology
Creating a life story
Tips for better communication
Stigma and discrimination
Music and dementia
Employment and young onset dementia
Using dolls in dementia care
Aromatherapy and dementia
Supporting children and adolescents
What is the Herbert Protocol?
Personal stories
Personal stories
Family stories
Young onset dementia stories
Vascular dementia stories
Alzheimer's disease stories
Admiral Nurse stories
Fundraising stories
Volunteering stories
Dementia at work
Dementia at work
Supporting employees affected by dementia and their carers
Free webinar for small businesses
Contact the Dementia at Work team
Resources
Resources
Our leaflets
Leaflets in other languages
Leaflet order form
My life with dementia – a Dementia UK podcast
Advice videos
Supporting children and adolescents
Books about dementia
Read our website in your preferred language
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Leave a gift in your Will
How to leave a gift in your Will
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How to partner with us
Support us in your workplace
Our transformational partnership with Nationwide
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Join the Campaigns Network
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Fix the funding: make care fairer for people with dementia
Put dementia on the agenda
Become a volunteer
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Become a Volunteer Ambassador
Become a Volunteer Facebook Champion
Become a Cheer Point Champion
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Share your story – challenge events
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Carol concert
For professionals
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How to host or commission an Admiral Nurse service
How to host or commission an Admiral Nurse service
Why host or commission a service?
How Dementia UK can add value to your organisation
Enhanced nurses such as Admiral Nurses can now be funded through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS)
Get in touch with the Business Development Team
Admiral Nurse job vacancies
Admiral Nurse job vacancies
Sign up to Admiral Nurse job alerts
How to become an Admiral Nurse
How to become an Admiral Nurse
A day in the life of an Admiral Nurse
What do Admiral Nurses do?
Five reasons to become an Admiral Nurse
What sets an Admiral Nurse apart?
Support and advice for professionals
Support and advice for professionals
Insights and Evaluation Team
Research and publications
Admiral Nurse Academy
Admiral Nurse Academy
Pre-Admiral Nurse eLearning module
Blackboard
Annual Summer School
Meet the Admiral Nurse Academy Team
Admiral Nurse Competency Framework
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Our vision, mission and values
Our strategy and annual reports
Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP)
The difference you make
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What is an Admiral Nurse?
Dementia: what next? - our online information sessions
Support around a diagnosis
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How is dementia diagnosed?
Tests for dementia
The emotional impact of a dementia diagnosis
After a diagnosis of dementia: next steps checklist
Getting the best out of health appointments
About dementia
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What is dementia?
Causes and risk factors of dementia
Can dementia be prevented? How to lower your risk
Signs and symptoms of dementia
Stages of dementia
What is it like to live with dementia?
What is it like to care for someone with dementia?
Types of dementia
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Alzheimer’s disease
Vascular dementia
Dementia with Lewy bodies
Frontotemporal dementia
Parkinson’s
Mixed dementia
Alcohol related brain damage
Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA)
Huntington’s disease
What is normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH)?
Young onset dementia
Expand dropdown
What is young onset dementia?
Getting a diagnosis
Different symptoms
Facts and figures
Living with young onset dementia
Perimenopause and menopause
Finance and young onset dementia
Employment and young onset dementia
When a parent has dementia: Support for young people
Support groups and services
Useful publications
Young Dementia Network
Personal stories about young onset dementia
Health advice
Expand dropdown
Managing anxiety
Managing depression
Eating and drinking
Dementia and dehydration: hydration guidance
Staying healthy
Mouth care
Dementia and difficulty with sounds
How dementia can affect incontinence
Keeping a person with dementia safe during hot weather
Looking after a person with dementia in cold weather
Medication and dementia
Pain and dementia
Diabetes and dementia
Cancer and dementia
Learning disabilities and dementia
Caring for a person with a stoma and dementia
Changes in perception and hallucinations
False beliefs and delusions
Coping with distress
Delirium and dementia: symptoms, causes and treatment
What is dementia sundowning? Signs, symptoms and tips
Restlessness and agitation in dementia: causes and treatment
Dementia and falls
Frailty and dementia
Understanding statins and dementia
Understanding statins and dementia
The link between cholesterol and dementia
Financial and legal guidance
Expand dropdown
Lasting power of attorney and dementia
Council tax discount
Financial and legal sources of support
The Carer’s Assessment
Advance Care Planning
Finance and young onset dementia
Guide to continuing healthcare funding
Attendance Allowance
Mental capacity and decision-making for people with dementia
Financial and legal online session
Prevent a person with dementia from being scammed
Looking after yourself as a carer
Expand dropdown
How dementia can affect relationships and roles
Finding help and support at home
Caring from a distance
Grief, bereavement and loss
Coping with feelings of guilt
Looking after yourself caring for someone with dementia
What is a sandwich carer?
Breaking difficult news
When someone doesn’t recognise you
Registering as a carer with your GP
Understanding dying
A stay in hospital
End of life care
Keeping safe when you care for someone with dementia
Living with dementia
Expand dropdown
Blue Badge parking
Driving and dementia
Dementia and sleep
Changes in sexual behaviour
Online GP services for a person with dementia
Sex, intimacy and dementia
Living aids and assistive technology
Creating a life story
Tips for better communication
Stigma and discrimination
Music and dementia
Employment and young onset dementia
Using dolls in dementia care
Aromatherapy and dementia
Supporting children and adolescents
What is the Herbert Protocol?
Personal stories
Expand dropdown
Family stories
Young onset dementia stories
Vascular dementia stories
Alzheimer's disease stories
Admiral Nurse stories
Fundraising stories
Volunteering stories
Dementia at work
Expand dropdown
Supporting employees affected by dementia and their carers
Free webinar for small businesses
Contact the Dementia at Work team
Resources
Expand dropdown
Our leaflets
Leaflets in other languages
Leaflet order form
My life with dementia – a Dementia UK podcast
Advice videos
Supporting children and adolescents
Books about dementia
Read our website in your preferred language
Get involved
Expand dropdown
Take part in a charity event
Expand dropdown
Running events
Walking events
Cycling events
Virtual events
Ultra Challenge Series
Skydiving events
Create your own event
Do your own fundraising
Expand dropdown
A guide to fundraising
Fundraising ideas
Register your own fundraising event
How you can pay in your fundraising money
Ways to give
Expand dropdown
Donate today
Donate monthly
Make a major gift
Donate in memory
Play our Weekly Lottery
Rooted in Memory
Face-to-face fundraising
Gift Aid
Browse our shop
The difference you make
Give a family a lifeline this Christmas
Leave a gift in your Will
Expand dropdown
How to leave a gift in your Will
Download your Will Planner
Download or request our Gifts in Wills guide
Write or update your Will for free
Become a corporate partner
Expand dropdown
How to partner with us
Support us in your workplace
Our transformational partnership with Nationwide
Campaigns
Expand dropdown
Join the Campaigns Network
Talking to your MP
Fix the funding: make care fairer for people with dementia
Put dementia on the agenda
Become a volunteer
Expand dropdown
Become a Volunteer Ambassador
Become a Volunteer Facebook Champion
Become a Cheer Point Champion
Share your story
Expand dropdown
Share your story – challenge events
Share your story – virtual events
Share your story – community events
Browse our shop
Expand dropdown
Fundraising merchandise
Celebration items
Christmas shop
Carol concert
For professionals
Expand dropdown
How to host or commission an Admiral Nurse service
Expand dropdown
Why host or commission a service?
How Dementia UK can add value to your organisation
Enhanced nurses such as Admiral Nurses can now be funded through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS)
Get in touch with the Business Development Team
Admiral Nurse job vacancies
Expand dropdown
Sign up to Admiral Nurse job alerts
How to become an Admiral Nurse
Expand dropdown
A day in the life of an Admiral Nurse
What do Admiral Nurses do?
Five reasons to become an Admiral Nurse
What sets an Admiral Nurse apart?
Support and advice for professionals
Expand dropdown
Insights and Evaluation Team
Research and publications
Admiral Nurse Academy
Expand dropdown
Pre-Admiral Nurse eLearning module
Blackboard
Annual Summer School
Meet the Admiral Nurse Academy Team
Admiral Nurse Competency Framework
About us
Expand dropdown
What we do
Our organisation
Expand dropdown
Our people
Our vision, mission and values
Our strategy and annual reports
Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP)
The difference you make
Work for Dementia UK
Expand dropdown
Why work for Dementia UK?
Current vacancies
Admiral Nurse job vacancies
Volunteer at Dementia UK
Media enquiries
Get in touch with us
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