Work and employment | Alzheimer's Society

Inspired by The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes, Alzheimer’s Society is working with leading restaurants to provide volunteering opportunities for people living with dementia.

Research

Everybody’s business: guides to support people with dementia in the workplace

Scientific title: Everybody’s business: co-creating guides to support individuals with dementia in the workplace.

Advice

Living with dementia - Employment

Having a diagnosis of dementia may affect your job. Our guide on employment is part of a series of nine booklets that have been written for people with dementia. Download a digital copy or order a printed version of the booklet here.

Information

Research is identifying how employers can help people with dementia stay in work for longer

From the July 2015 issue of our magazine, more people are being diagnosed with dementia while still in employment. Heather Stephen finds out about research that is pinpointing how employers can help people stay in work for longer.

Dementia Connect support line

Yvonne’s Story: ‘I’ve put my career on hold to look after Mum’

Asked to leave your job: Your rights after a dementia diagnosis

Dementia at work: ‘Within three months of my diagnosis I lost my job and got depression’

Joy’s story: ‘The restaurant has given a voice to those of us affected by dementia’

Sean’s story: ‘If I can do this, I can work! So I started applying for jobs’

Sue’s story: ‘There are so many myths around dementia that need busting and I see it as my mission!’

Work and dementia: How to tell your employer about your diagnosis

Women are bearing the brunt of the Government’s inaction on social care

'Being in employment and being a carer can feel like having two full time jobs'

Dining4Dementia

Everybody’s business: guides to support people with dementia in the workplace

Living with dementia - Employment

Research is identifying how employers can help people with dementia stay in work for longer