Advice Tag: Advice. Changes in behaviour - useful organisations Find out about useful organisations to help you support a person with dementia with changes in behaviour. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. Loss of inhibitions and dementia Sometimes a person with dementia can lose their inhibitions and may behave in ways that others find embarrassing. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. Trailing, following, checking and dementia A person with dementia may follow someone around, check that they are nearby, or keep calling out or asking for them. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. Supporting a person with dementia who walks about If someone you are caring for often walks about, it can be difficult to know how to respond. Take the time to try to understand why they are walking and what they need. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. Dementia and hiding, hoarding or losing things Find out why a person may hide, hoard or lose things, as well as how you can help. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. Sundowning and dementia Sometimes a person with dementia will behave in ways that are difficult to understand in the late afternoon or early evening. This is known as 'Sundowning'. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. Repetitive behaviour and dementia People with dementia often carry out the same activity, make the same gesture, say the same thing, make the same noise or ask the same question over and over. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. Restlessness and agitation in dementia Restlessness and agitation are common behaviours in people living with dementia. These behaviours can be difficult for others to understand, but finding out the causes can help you to support the person. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. Reducing and managing behaviour that challenges Read about how to manage situations where a person’s behaviour changes. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. Parkinson's disease dementia People with Parkinson's disease are more likely to develop certain types of dementia. Find out about the causes, symptoms and treatments. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. How does dementia change a person's behaviour? Information for carers about behaviours a person with dementia might develop. Read more
Advice Tag: Advice. Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) happens when too much fluid builds up in a person’s brain without increasing pressure in their brain tissue. Read more