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Lasting power of attorney
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
Living with dementia
Living with dementia
Blue Badge parking
Driving and dementia
Dementia and sleep
Changes in sexual behaviour
GP online services
Sex, intimacy and dementia
Living aids and assistive technology
Creating a life story
Making the home safe and comfortable
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
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
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
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Admiral Nurse Dementia Helpline
What is an Admiral Nurse?
Support around a diagnosis
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How to get a dementia diagnosis
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?
The symptoms of dementia
Prevention and risk factors
Stages of 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
Young onset dementia
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What is young onset dementia?
Getting a diagnosis
Different symptoms
Facts and figures
Living with young onset dementia
Support groups and services
Young Dementia Network
Personal stories about young onset dementia
Health advice
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Eating and drinking
Hydration
Staying healthy
Mouth care
Dementia and difficulty with sounds
Continence
Keeping a person with dementia safe during hot weather
Looking after a person with dementia in cold weather
Medication and dementia
Pain 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 (sudden confusion)
Sundowning
Dealing with restlessness
Managing anxiety and depression
Dementia and falls
Frailty and dementia
Financial and legal support
Expand dropdown
Lasting power of attorney
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
Living with dementia
Expand dropdown
Blue Badge parking
Driving and dementia
Dementia and sleep
Changes in sexual behaviour
GP online services
Sex, intimacy and dementia
Living aids and assistive technology
Creating a life story
Making the home safe and comfortable
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
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
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
Resources
Expand dropdown
Our leaflets
Leaflets in other languages
Leaflet order form
Advice videos
Supporting children and adolescents
Books about dementia
For your employees and customers
Personal stories
Expand dropdown
Family stories
Young onset dementia stories
Vascular dementia stories
Alzheimer's disease stories
Admiral Nurse stories
Fundraising stories
Volunteering stories
Get involved
Expand dropdown
Take part in an event
Expand dropdown
Running events
Walking events
Cycling events
Virtual events
Skydiving events
Do your own fundraising
Expand dropdown
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
Browse our shop
Leave a gift in your Will
Expand dropdown
How to leave a gift in your Will
Download or request our Gifts in Wills guide
Write or update your Will for free
Register for the Free Wills Network
Become a corporate partner
Expand dropdown
Types of partnerships
Why we need your support
Support us in your workplace
Campaigns
Expand dropdown
Join the Campaigns Network
Talking to your MP
Share your experiences
Fix the funding: make care fairer for people with dementia
Become a volunteer
Expand dropdown
Become a Volunteer Ambassador
Become a Volunteer Facebook Champion
Become a Event Photographer
Become a massage therapist
Become a Cheer Point Champion
Share your story
Expand dropdown
Share your story – challenge events
Share your story – virtual events
Browse our shop
Expand dropdown
Christmas cards
Christmas essentials
Virtual giftcards
Fundraising merchandise
Celebration items
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)
Work for Dementia UK
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Why work for Dementia UK?
Current vacancies
Admiral Nurse job vacancies
Volunteer at Dementia UK
Media enquiries
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