Print and online publications about dementia: Full list
Here, you will find our full list of publications that you can download or order as printed copies.
Order dementia information
Order copies of our publications and resources about dementia by post using the online order form.
Find the information you need
Our extensive list of publications below is grouped within categories to make it easier to find the right information. You can also download our catalogue (PDF) for full details of all our print publications and practical tools.
Dementia together magazine
Subscribe to our Alzheimer’s Society magazine in print or email.
After a dementia diagnosis
We produce a range of publications including the following longer A5 booklets.
See our comprehensive booklet for anyone recently diagnosed with dementia:
See our guide that covers all aspects of caring for a person with dementia:
See our booklet for anyone with memory problems, including dementia:
- The memory handbook (1540) - 60 pages
Summarised and simplified dementia information:
Living with dementia and dementia care
Our range of A5 booklets include images, quotes from people affected by dementia and range from 28 – 64 pages. They cover different aspects of living with the experience and feelings of dementia.
The factsheets are A4 and provide more detail on individual topics. They are either 12, 16 or 20 pages. They are suitable for anyone affected by or interested in dementia particularly if you are caring for a person with dementia.
Booklets for people living with dementia
Guidance on the practical and emotional aspects of living with dementia
- Alzheimer's disease: Understanding your diagnosis (616)
- Vascular dementia: Understanding your diagnosis (614)
- Dementia with Lewy bodies: Understanding your diagnosis (37)
- Frontotemporal dementia (FTD): Understanding your diagnosis (687)
- Young-onset dementia: Understanding your diagnosis (688)
- Managing your money (1501)
- Keeping safe at home (1502)
- Driving (1504)
- Keeping active and involved (1506)
- Your relationships (1507)
- Living alone (1508)
- Employment (1509)
- Planning ahead (1510)
- LGBT: Living with dementia (1511)
- Making your home dementia friendly (819)
Booklets for carers
Guidance on key areas of supporting the person with dementia
Other booklets – reducing the risk of dementia
Other booklets
Factsheets: Key facts and aspects of dementia
Factsheets
- What is dementia? (400)
- PDF printable version
- Listen to an audio version
- Watch a British Sign Language (BSL) video version
- Beth yw dementia? / What is dementia? (400WEL)
- What is Alzheimer's disease? (401)
- PDF printable version
- Listen to an audio version
- Watch a British Sign Language (BSL) video version
- Beth yw Clefyd Alzheimer? / What is Alzheimer’s disease? (401WEL)
- What is vascular dementia? (402)
- PDF printable version
- Listen to an audio version
- Watch a British Sign Language (BSL) video version
- Beth yw dementia fasgwlaidd? / What is vascular dementia? (402WEL)
- What is dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)? (403)
- What is frontotemporal dementia (FTD)? (404)
- Genetics of dementia (405)
- Drug treatments for Alzheimer's disease (407)
- Drugs for behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia (408)
- Assessment and diagnosis (426)
- Learning disabilities and dementia (430)
- What is alcohol-related brain damage? (438)
- What is young-onset dementia? (440)
- Rarer causes of dementia (442)
- Risk factors for dementia (450)
- Dementia and the brain (456)
- The progression and stages of dementia (458)
- What is mild cognitive impairment (MCI)? (470)
- PDF printable version
- PDF printable version
Factsheets: Emotional and practical guidance
Factsheets: Emotional and practical guidance
- The later stages of dementia (417)
- Using equipment and making adaptations at home (429)
- Using technology to help with everyday life (437)
- Driving and dementia (439)
- Supporting a person with dementia who has depression, anxiety or apathy (444)
- Dental care and oral health (448)
- Travelling and going on holiday (474)
- Supporting a lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans person with dementia (480)
- Communicating (500)
- Walking about (501)
- Continence and using the toilet (502)
- Supporting a person with washing and dressing (504)
- Grief, loss and bereavement (507)
- Aggressive behaviour (509)
- Eating and drinking (511)
- Pressure ulcers (bedsores) (512)
- Sex, intimacy and dementia (514)
- Supporting children and young people when a person has dementia (515)
- Carers - looking after yourself (523)
- Understanding and supporting a person with dementia (524)
- Changes in behaviour (525)
- PDF printable version
- Listen to an audio version
- Newidiadau mewn ymddygiad / Changes in behaviour (525WEL)
- PDF printable version
- Supporting a person with memory loss (526)
- Changes in perception (527)
- Physical activity and exercise (529)
- End of life care (531)
- Understanding denial and lack of insight (533)
- Understanding sleep problems, night-time disturbance and dementia (534)
Factsheets: Health and social care
Factsheets: Health and social care
- Assessment for care and support in England (418)
- Assessment for care and support in Wales (W418)
- Assessment for care and support in Northern Ireland (NI418)
- How the GP can support a person with dementia (425)
- Replacement care (respite care) in England (462)
- Respite care in Wales (W462)
- PDF printable version
- Gofal seibiant yng Nghymru / Respite care in Wales (W462WEL)
- Respite care in Northern Ireland (NI462)
- Care homes - when is the right time and who decides? (476)
- Hospital care (477)
- Urinary tract infections (UTIs) and dementia (528)
- Paying for care and support in England (532)
- Paying for care and support in Wales (W532)
- PDF printable version
- Talu am ofal a chymorth yng Nghymru / Paying for care and support in Wales (W532WEL)
- Paying for care and support in Northern Ireland (NI532)
Factsheets: Legal and financial matters
Factsheets: Legal and financial matters
- Benefits for people affected by dementia (413)
- Council tax (414)
- PDF printable version
- Y dreth gyngor / Council Tax (414WEL)
- The Mental Health Act 1983 (459)
- Mental Capacity Act 2005 (460)
- Advance decisions and advance statements (463)
- Lasting power of attorney (472)
- Enduring power of attorney and controllership (NI472)
- Personal budgets (473)
- Direct payments (NI431)
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) (483)
- Deputyship (530)
- Financial and legal tips (NI467)
Tools
Our range of support tools provide simple ways to overcome difficulties associated with dementia.
They include This is me®, our A4 patient profile form and credit card size helpcards to use when out and about. The A5 booklet My visitors book is for the person with dementia to record professionals who visit at home.
- Helpcards (1561, 1562, 1563, 1564)
- This is me (1553) – 6 pages
- My visitors book (923) – 32 pages
Please visit our online shop for more books and booklets.
Publications catalogue and order form
Read online, download or print our catalogue for full details of all our publications and practical tools. Use our online order form to request items in the post.
Read more about how we produce information on dementia and how you can help.
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One page helpsheets
See our one page summarised helpsheets covering 10 key topics on dementia:
Easy Read factsheets
These two 16 page A4 factsheets provide simplified information for people with learning disabilities.