Factsheets

Alzheimer's Society factsheets cover a wide range of dementia-related topics. The online sheets can be saved as a PDF, printed as seen on screen or emailed to a friend.

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Causes of dementia, progression and drug treatments

• What is dementia? (400)
• What is Alzheimer's disease? (401)
• What is vascular dementia? (402)
• What is dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)? (403)
• What is fronto-temporal dementia (including Pick's disease)? (404)
• Genetics and dementia (405)
• Aluminium and Alzheimer's disease (406)
• Drug treatments for Alzheimer's disease (407)
• Dementia: drugs used to relieve depression and behavioural symptoms (408)
• The later stages of dementia (417)
• What is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)? (427)
• Learning disabilities and dementia (430)
• Complementary and alternative medicine and dementia (434)
• What is Korsakoff's syndrome? (438)
• Younger people with dementia (440)
• Rarer causes of dementia (442)
• Depression (444)
• What is HIV-related cognitive impairment? (446)
• Am I at risk of developing dementia? (450)
• The brain and behaviour (456)
• The progression of dementia (458)
• Mild cognitive impairment (470)
• What is posterior cortical atrophy (PCA)? (479)
  
• Hallucinations and delusions (520)
  

Emotional and practical support

• Volunteering for research into dementia (409)
• Brain tissue donations (410)
• Voluntary organisations (412)
• Adaptations, improvements and repairs to the home (428)
• Equipment to help with disability (429)
• The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) (436)
• Assistive technology (437)
• Driving and dementia (439)
• Counselling: how can it help? (445)
• Dental care and dementia (448)
• Festivals, holidays and celebrations (455)
• Respite care (462)
• After a diagnosis (471)
• Travelling and going on holiday (474)
• Frequently asked legal questions (475)
• Selecting a care home (476)
• New! Understanding and respecting lesbian and gay people (480)
  
• New! Choosing residential accommodation for lesbian and gay people (482)
• Communicating (500)
• Moving and walking about (501)
• Coping with incontinence (502)
• Safety in the home (503)
• Washing and bathing (504)
• Keeping active and staying involved (505)
• Grief and bereavement (507)
• Dealing with aggressive behaviour (509)
• Dressing (510)
• Eating (511)
• Pressure sores (512)
• Sex and dementia (514)
• Dementia and children or young people (515)
• Dealing with guilt (516)
• Living alone (517)
• What if I have dementia? (518)
• Maintaining everyday skills (521)
• Staying healthy (522)
• Carers: looking after yourself (523)
• Understanding and respecting the person with dementia (524)
• Unusual behaviour (525)
• Coping with memory loss (526)
  

Health and social care

• Community care assessment (418)
• How the GP can help (425)
• Diagnosis and assessment (426)
• What standards of care can people expect from a care home? (451)
• Assessments for NHS-funded nursing care (452)
• Hospital discharge (453)
• How health and social care professionals can help (454)
• Choices in care (465)
• Care on a hospital ward (477)
  

Legal and financial information

• Benefits (413)
• Council tax (414)
• Benefits rates and income/savings thresholds (431)
• The Mental Health Act 2007 and guardianship (459)
• Mental Capacity Act 2005 (460)
• Advance decision (463)
• Financial and legal affairs (467)
• Paying care home fees (468)
• When does the local authority pay for care? (469)
• Enduring power of attorney and lasting powers of attorney (472)
• Direct payments (473)
  
• New! Legal issues for lesbian and gay people (481)
  

*Up to six sheets are free; further copies cost 20p each.