Dementia

UK sources of information and / or support

 The leaflets section of Patient UK

Includes a leaflet called Memory Loss and Dementia.

 Alzheimer's Disease Society

Information and help for people with dementia and their carers.

 Alzheimer's Scotland - Action on Dementia

Information and help for people with dementia and their carers.

 National Dementia Strategy

A document that sets out initiatives designed to make the lives of people with dementia, their carers and families better and more fulfilled. From the Department of Health.

 Who cares? Information and Support for the Carers of People with Dementia

Department of Health policy and guidance for carers which gives information about dementia, caring for someone with dementia, and the help available to carers.

 Introduction to Mental Health

Directgov is the website of the UK government for its citizens, providing information and online services for the public all in one place. They provide a wide range of information including one in this area.

  Memory Disorders

Factsheet from the Royal College of Psychiatrists

 Mental Health Foundation

Provide good information on dementia

  Carers of people with dementia

Healthtalkonline, is an award-winning charity website, which lets you share in other people's experiences of health and illness. The information is based on qualitative research into patient experiences led by experts at the University of Oxford.

 Alzheimer's disease - donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine (review) and memantine

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Alzheimer's disease - donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine (review) and memantine.

 Dementia

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Dementia.

 Dementia

A patient guide to complement the SIGN national guideline for health professionals.

 Medicine Guide for Dementia

Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project. Includes detailed information about medicines used to treat dementia.

 MIND

MIND, one of Britain's leading mental health charities provides information on dementia.

 Dementia Research Centre

Based at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, is one of the UK's leading centres for clinical research into dementia, and the hospital is the lead centre for trialling new drugs to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease (which causes the majority of dementia).

 Pick's Disease Support Group (PDSG)

Provides information and support for people affected by Pick's disease and their carers. The PDSG is under the umbrella of the National Hospital for neurology and Neorosurgery Development Foundation.

 forDementia

The mission of for dementia is to improve the quality of life for people affected by dementia.

 Next of Kin

A company providing a service to individuals so that next of kin can be contacted in cases of emergency. There is also a facility to hold medical information to be accessed by professionals if necessary. A range of services are available for children, those living alone, those with medical conditions and others.

 AgeCare

Runs five residential and nursing homes in various parts of the country, for older people who fall outside the age and income range provided for by local authority homes. These homes range from Florence Nightingale's parents' house in Derbyshire to a specialised nursing unit in Surrey for people with dementia.

 Alzheimer's Research Trust

This site mainly contains information on current research projects and research news in the UK. It also includes a section on Alzheimer's facts.

 Dementia Link

Aims to provide people with dementia and those who care for them with access to the information they may need to understand and cope with Alzheimer's disease. From Shire Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

 Dementia

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

 Alzheimer's disease

Information from BUPA.

 Dementia

Information from BUPA.

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• Non-UK disease / illness sites
• Non-UK self-help / support group sites

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.

• PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
• Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
• Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
• Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
• Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
• Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.