What are the symptoms of functional cognitive disorder? A person with FCD is likely to frequently misplace items, lose track of what they are doing or saying, or not be able to follow the thread of a ...

The Dementia Statements reflect the things people with dementia have said are essential to their quality of life. Find out how they apply to measuring and designing services for people with dementia.

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When a person is diagnosed with dementia they may not understand or accept their diagnosis. This may be because the person is in denial, or because they have what is known as ‘lack of insight’. When a ...

How can I deal with loneliness as a person with dementia who lives alone? It’s normal to feel lonely sometimes. However, if you don’t have people around you, or find it hard to stay in touch, you may ...

From the Summer 2016 edition of Care and cure magazine, researchers in the US have used an innovative technique involving flashing lights to discover more about how Alzheimer's disease can affect ...

Support and services from the GP include support for anxiety and depression, medical and practical support. A person with dementia should see their GP at least once a year for a check-up, called an ...

How much will it cost to use a care home? "As someone’s support and supervision needs increase, homecare costs can be very high, so care homes can be a more affordable way to get the right level of ...

My wife Barbara had symptoms of Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) from 1999, and we lived with it for 22 years until she passed away two and a half years ago. We realised just how much ignorance there was ...

apart from myself i have three other friends who’s husbands have dementia with various degrees of problems. none of them have been able to receive any help apart from leaflets. my neighbours husband ...

I was 48 when I got diagnosed with young-onset dementia, six years ago. Even if it was eight years before I needed a care home, I’d still only be 56. Everyone thinks we’ve got 10 to 20 years, but we ...