Alzheimer's and Dementia

Readable and well-researched information for the public

Leaflets

For anyone who is worried about themselves, a friend or a relative.

• New: Dementia: key facts
• Alcohol and Older People
• Memory problems and dementia
• Alzheimers disease and Dementia: a leaflet which challenges our attitudes towards people with alzheimer's and dementia
• Alzheimer's disease and other dementias: a leaflet for carers which aims to improve communication and partnerships with professionals
• Depression in Older Adults
• Bereavement: a list of resources
• Delirium: information for patients and their carers

Reading about self-help

• Dementia

• Drug Treatments of Alzheimer's disease
• Antidepressants
• Herbal remedies & supplements

Books and reports

• Changing Minds: our lives and mental illness: a unique collection of experiences from patients and professionals which give new insights into how individuals live with mental health difficulties.

• CR153. Links Not Boundaries: Service Transitions for People Growing Older with Enduring or Relapsing Mental Illness

• Late-Onset Mental Disorders

• About our leaflets
• Faculty of the Psychiatry of Old Age
• Sharing Information between doctors, patients and carers - September 2005, A brief guide for patients and their carers in older people's mental health services