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Dementia

Use this guide to find information resources about dementia including books, reports and journal articles.

Last updated: 22/04/2025

Key Resources

Book cover Royal College of Nursing (2021) Dementia care principles for people in prison. London: RCN.
Publication cover Royal College of Nursing (2019) Commitment to care of people living with dementia: SPACE principles. London: RCN.
Book cover Carers Trust and Royal College of Nursing (2016) Triangle of care. Carers included: a guide to best practice for dementia care.
Publication Cover Royal College of Nursing (2022) Older people in care homes: sex, sexuality and intimate relationships. London: RCN.
Alzheimer's Society: Resources for professionals working with BAME communities.
  • This toolkit supports health and social care professionals working with people from BAME communities, such as translated information, examples of good practice, and outreach projects.
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Alzheimer’s Society: Supporting a lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans person with dementia.
Alzheimer Scotland (2012) 8 pillars model of community support. Edinburgh: Alzheimer Scotalnd.
Alzheimer Scotland (2011) 5 pillars model of post diagnostic support. Edinburgh: Alzheimer Scotland.
Bournemouth University (2019) The eating and drinking well with dementia toolkit. Bournemouth: Bournemouth University.
Metropolitan Police: The Herbert Protocol
  • The Herbert Protocol is form that carers, family or friends of a vulnerable person can fill in. It contains a list of information to help the police if the person goes missing.
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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2018) Dementia: assessment, management and support for people living with dementia and their carers. NICE guideline NG97.
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (2022) Dementia: applying All Our Health.
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (2021) Eating and drinking with acknowledged risks: multidisciplinary team guidance for the shared decision-making process (adults).
Scottish Government (2023) Dementia in Scotland: everyone’s story.
The Race Equalities Foundation: Dementia and BAME communities.
Llywodraeth Cymru Welsh Government (2018) Dementia action plan for Wales 2018-2022. Cardiff: Llywodraeth Cymru Welsh Government.
Welsh Government (2025) Dementia action plan: progress update.

Books

Book cover Baker C (2017) Visiting the memory café and other dementia care activities: evidence-based interventions for care homes. London: Jessica Kingsley.
Book cover Brindle N (2023) A clinician’s brief guide to dementia and the law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Book cover Carter J (2022) Understanding young onset dementia: evaluation, needs and care. Abingdon: Routledge.
Book cover Dening K H, Hayo H and Pepper A (2025) What you really want to know about working with dementia : real issues and expert advice. London: Jessica Kingsley.
Book cover Hobson P (2019) Enabling people with dementia: understanding and implementing person-centred care. 3rd edn. Cham: Springer.
Book cover Housden S and Hubbard J (2023) Dilemmas and decision making in dementia care. St Albans: Critical Publishing.
Book cover James J, Fitzhenry R, Thompson R, Tumongha M and Shorthouse T (2025) Resolving distress in dementia: a person-centred approach for clinical settings. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Book cover Oliver K, Guss R and Bartlett R (2024) Talking with dementia reconsidered. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Book cover Pepper A, Harrison Dening K, Wolverson E, Walpert M and Cheung-Cook T (2024) Dementia: an introduction for nursing, health and social care. Banbury: Lantern Publishing.
Book cover Westwood S and Price E (2023) LGBTQ+ people and dementia a good practice guide. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Book cover Innes A (2021) Dementia: the basics. London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis.
Book cover Dening K H (2019) Evidence-based practice in dementia for nurses and nursing students. London: Jessica Kingsley.
Book cover James J (2017) Excellent dementia care in hospitals: a guide to supporting people with dementia and their carers. London: Jessica Kingsley.

Book cover Jenkins C, Ginesi L and Keenan B (2016) Dementia care at a glance. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Book cover Miller C A (2021) Fast facts for dementia care: what nurses need to know. 2nd edn. New York: Springer Publishing.
Book cover Mitchell W and Wharton A (2018) Somebody I used to know. Bloomsbury: London.
Essentials of Delirium Rahman, S (2020) Essentials of delirium: everything you really need to know for working in delirium care. London: Jessica Kingsley.
Book cover Schüssler S and Lohrmann C (2017) Dementia in nursing homes. Cham: Springer International Publishing Ag.
Book cover Smith G (2016) Dementia care: a practical approach. Boca Raton: CRC Press. 
Book cover Wilson CB (2017) Caring for people with dementia: a shared approach. Los Angeles: SAGE.
Book cover Yeo G, Linder G and Gallagher-Thompson D (2019) Ethnicity and the dementias. London: Taylor and Frances.
Reading Well for dementia
  • Recommended helpful reading and digital resources for people living with dementia. There are also books for family, friends and carers
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Book subject searches

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Podcasts

Royal College of Nursing Older People’s Forum: Podcasts.
  • Includes podcasts related to dementia.
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Videos

School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol: Communication tips for clinicians in a memory diagnosis meeting.

School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol: The WREN framework: Delivering a diagnosis following a memory assessment.

School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol: What to expect at a diagnosis meeting.

The Dementia Alliance for Culture and Ethnicity (DACE): video resources for UK black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.
  • Video resources about dementia, many of which were produced by community groups in the UK.
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Page last updated - 22/04/2025

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