The following online english factsheets have been produced by the Alzheimer’s Society. They cover a cover a wide range of dementia-related topics and can be saved as a PDF, printed as seen on screen or emailed to a friend.

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)
• Drugs used to relieve behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia (408)
• The later stages of dementia (417)
• Learning disabilities and dementia (430)
• Complementary and alternative therapies and dementia (434)
• What is Korsakoff’s syndrome? (438)
• Younger people with dementia (440)
• Rarer causes of dementia (442)
• Depression and anxiety (444)
• What is HIV-related cognitive impairment? (446)
• Am I at risk of developing dementia? (450)
• The brain and behaviour (456)
• The progression of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias (458)
• Mild cognitive impairment (470)
• Hallucinations in people with dementia (520)
• Visuoperceptual difficulties in dementia (527)

Emotional and practical support

• Volunteering for research into dementia (409)
• Brain tissue donations (410)
• Equipment, adaptations and improvements to the home (429)
• The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) (436)
• Assistive technology – devices to help with everyday living (437)
• Driving and dementia (439)
• Talking therapies (including counselling, psychotherapy and CBT) (445)
• Dental care and dementia (448)
• Supporting a person with dementia during visits, 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)
• Supporting lesbian, gay and bisexual people with dementia (480)
• Moving into a care home – advice for lesbian, gay and bisexual 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 and drinking (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)
• Urinary tract infection (UTI) and dementia (528)
• Exercise and physical activity for people with dementia (529)

Health and social care

• Community care assessment (418)
• How the GP can help (425)
• Diagnosis and assessment (426)
• 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 1983 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)
  
• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (483)