Dementia care
Who is this for?
The same condition needs to be explained very differently depending on where you are standing. Tell us who you are and we will point you to the right pages, in the right order, in the right language — with the practical material for your role first.
Last time you were reading as .
Continue →- “I have been diagnosed with dementia” Written for you, not about you. What happens next, and what is worth doing now.
- “I am a family member or carer” What to expect, what to ask for, and how to tell whether the care is good.
- “I am a nurse or care worker” What to try before you call, what to say when you do, and what cannot wait.
- “I am a GP or clinician” Assessment, prescribing and deprescribing, restrictive practices, and the evidence appraisal.
- “I manage or govern a facility” Standards alignment, clinical governance questions, and what to expect from a medical service.
Or go straight to a topic
Every role above draws on the same 10 pages, sequenced differently.
How we grade the evidence
Whichever door you come in, the underlying clinical content is the same and it is graded the same way: on the strength of the evidence for the outcome that matters — cognition, behaviour, function or survival — not on mechanism, plausibility or popularity. Well-conducted randomised trials outrank observational studies however large. Numbers in the text link to the source they come from. Where the evidence is weak, conflicting or absent — which is often — we say so.
Last full evidence review: September 2026.