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Here you will find all the articles, Toolkit items and Q&As relating to Dementia care.
Scroll down to see the articles, supporting Toolkit documents and Q&As in this section. You will find the most recent ones listed at the top.
Articles
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Improving the environment for people with dementia
Kim Grove explains how the environment can affect people with dementia, and offers some suggestions on how you can improve your care home to benefit them.
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Overcoming apathy in dementia care
Dr Dan Nightingale provides a case study to help care providers tackle apathy in dementia care.
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COVID-19 and dementia
Dr Dan Nightingale talks about the effect of the COVID-19 virus on people with dementia.
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Effective home care provision for people with dementia
Elaine Argyle reviews the current literature available on effective home care for people with dementia.
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Sleep issues and dementia
Dr Dan Nightingale talks about some strategies to overcome sleep issues in people living with dementia.
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The correlation between hearing deficit and dementia
Dr Dan Nightingale looks at how hearing loss is a factor in cognitive decline and how to overcome the challenges this brings.
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Dementia and past psychological trauma
Dr Dan Nightingale discusses how to support people living with dementia through past psychological trauma.
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontal temporal dementia
Dr Dan Nightingale gives practical advice on supporting someone living with both amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontal temporal dementia.
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The essence of brain and physical health
Dr Dan Nightingale looks at the benefits of combined physical and brain health exercises for people living with dementia.
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Free article: Sex, intimacy and relationships in care homes
Nina Oakes, innovation programme manager at Alzheimer’s Society, explores how best to support care home staff when it comes to the sex and intimacy needs of residents living with dementia.
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Oral and dental hygiene in dementia care
Dr Dan Nightingale talks about why oral and dental hygiene is important in dementia care.
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New dementia guidance
Martin Hodgson looks at the new NICE updates guidance for the support of people living with dementia.
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Free article: New dementia guidance
Martin Hodgson looks at the new NICE updates guidance for the support of people living with dementia.
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Reducing the stigma around dementia
Dr Dan Nightingale talks about how to reduce the stigma around dementia.
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The impact of young onset dementia: part 3
Dr Dan Nightingale, in his final article in the series, talks about using his own psycho-social model to support people with young onset dementia.
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Young onset dementia part 2
In the second article of the series, Dr Dan Nightingale continues to look at the impact of young onset dementia (YOD).
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The impact of young onset dementia part 1
In his first article on young onset dementia, Dr Dan Nightingale talks about the impact this has on the individual and their family.
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AIDS dementia complex
Dr Dan Nightingale continues his series on unusual types of dementia, this time looking at HIV-associated dementia.
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Free article: The urgent and growing problem of oral care of the elderly
Joe Sullivan discusses the importance of oral care in the elderly.
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Unusual types of dementia: Corticobasal degeneration
Dr Dan Nightingale continues our series on unusual types of dementia and provides a case study of corticobasal degeneration.
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The therapeutic use of doll therapy
Dr Dan Nightingale talks about the therapeutic benefits of using doll therapy with patients living with dementia.
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Unusual types of dementia: CADASIL
Continuing his series of articles on different types of dementia, Dr Dan Nightingale looks at supporting someone living with CADASIL.
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Dementia and homecare
Martin Hodgson looks at the recent report Dementia and homecare: driving quality and innovation.
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The benefits of comedy for people living with dementia
Daniel Nightingale draws on his knowledge, not only as a clinical dementia specialist but also as a professional stand-up comedian, to demonstrate the positive impact comedy has on people living with dementia.
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Unusual types of dementia: Biswanger’s disease and Shy-Drager
In this article, Dr Dan Nightingale focuses on two types of dementia: Biswanger’s disease and Shy-Drager syndrome.
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Unusual types of dementia: posterior cortical atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy
Dr Dan Nightingale explains posterior cortical atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy and discusses suitable support strategies.
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Is there a link between dementia and cancer?
Dan Nightingale looks at evidence to support the link between dementia and cancer.
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Unusual types of dementia Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD)
In his series of articles on different types of dementia, Dr Dan Nightingale looks at supporting someone living with Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD).
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The therapeutic use of horse therapy in dementia care
Dr Daniel Nightingale looks at how horse therapy can help people living with dementia.
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Unusual types of dementia: Support strategies for someone living with Pick’s disease
Dr Daniel Nightingale, in his series of articles on less common types of dementia, looks at Pick’s disease and strategies for helping people cope.
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Unusual types of dementia: Caring for people with unusual types of dementia
Dr Daniel Nightingale talks about three rarer types of dementia and strategies for supporting individuals diagnosed with the disease.
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Free article: Providing excellent dementia care
Dr Daniel Nightingale looks at examples of how true person-centred care for people living with dementia can work in practice, using case studies from his experience.
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Providing a dignified death
Dr Daniel Nightingale looks at how to provide a dignified death for someone nearing the end of their journey through dementia.
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Improving practice with a dignity dementia champion
Dr Daniel Nightingale looks at how dementia care can be improved by appointing a dignity dementia champion, calling on his own experiences as a dementia consultant working at Retirement villages.
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The expression of relationships, sexuality and intimacy by people living with dementia
Dr Daniel Nightingale explores the sensitive subject of relationships and intimacy amongst those living in a care home environment.
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Supporting people to live well with dementia
After years of neglect, dementia care is starting to receive the attention it deserves. In this article Dr Daniel Nightingale gives an overview of the recent changes and what they mean for your care setting.
Toolkit
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Table – Technology-enabled care (TEC) for people with dementia
To download the document click on the link:
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Form – Overcoming apathy in dementia (all providers)
To download this document, click the link below:
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Handout – Scenario-based activity: dementia and COVID-19 (all providers)
To download this document, click the link below:
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Handout – Dementia and past psychological trauma (all providers)
To download the document click on the link:
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Quiz – Dementia (true or false) - Questions and answers
To download this document click on the link:
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Form - Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Order competency assessment (all providers)
To download this toolkit, select 'read more' and click on the link:
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Form - Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Order (DoLS) competency assessment action plan (all providers)
To download this toolkit, select 'read more' and click on the link:
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Factsheet - Care of service users with dementia
To download this toolkit, select 'read more' and click on the link:
Q&A
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Q. We run a home care agency. One of the people we support has dementia and refuses to take their medication. Their family have instructed us to hide the medication in strawberry yogurt, and they say that the GP has agreed that our staff can do this.
... Are we allowed to do this?
A. The situation you describe is called covert administration. Covert administration is when medicines are administered in a disguised format. Medicines can be hidden in food, drink or given through a feeding tube without the knowledge or consent of the person receiving them. This means the person does not know they are taking a medicine.
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