Dementia

Last updated: September 2025

Evidence-based resources

• UpToDate:
  • Evaluation of cognitive impairment and dementia (Updated November 2022)
  • Treatment of Alzheimer disease (Updated January 2025)
• BMJ Best Practice:
  • Vascular dementia (Updated April 2025)
  • Alzheimer’s disease (Updated August 2025)
• NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries: Dementia (Updated May 2025)
• NICE Guidance: All NICE guidance on dementia
• Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews

Organisations

• Alzheimer’s Society
  • Dementia and the brain
  • Practical tips for supporting someone with memory loss
• Butterfly Scheme
• Dementia UK
• SCIE Dementia
• Trent Dementia

Learning and development

• MODEM: Dementia Evidence Toolkit
• Skills for Health: Dementia
• E-Learning for Healthcare: Dementia

Tools

• BBC: Reminiscence Archive
• Liverpool Museums: House of Memories
• CLEAR Dementia care app – accessible information and support for carers. Download on Google Play and Apple.

Library resources

The Library has a wide selection of books on dementia and related conditions. Search the catalogue to see what is available. Any books not in stock we can often borrow from another library, just ask!

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