Dementia Care & Guidance
A practical, experience-led resource for families navigating dementia care decisions
Caring for someone with dementia brings emotional pressure, uncertainty, and often urgent decisions. This hub brings together clear, experience-led information based on decades of dementia care, helping families understand what good care looks like, how needs change, and how to make confident choices that protect dignity and wellbeing.
What You’ll Find Here
Clear guidance designed to help families feel steady and informed.
- • Clear explanations of dementia care options
- • Guidance on when care needs change and what to do next
- • Practical advice on safety, routines, and emotional wellbeing
- • Insight into professional, nurse-led and specialist dementia support
- • Honest answers to common questions families feel unsure asking
- • Links to in-depth guidance when you want to explore further
What Does Good Dementia Care Actually Look Like?
Good dementia care is not one-size-fits-all. Needs evolve, sometimes gradually and sometimes suddenly, so care must adapt. High-quality support balances consistency, capability, and compassion — familiar faces, dementia-trained carers, and care that respects the person, not just the diagnosis.
Dementia Care at Home: What Are the Options?
Home care can range from daily visits to continuous 24-hour support. The right level depends on mobility, behaviour, medical needs, night-time safety, and family availability. Good dementia care at home includes trained carers, clear routines, proactive risk management, and ongoing reassessment as needs change.
If you want to explore higher levels of support, see our 24-Hour & Nurse-Led Care hub.
When Is It Time to Increase Dementia Care?
- Night-time confusion, wandering, or disturbed sleep
- Increased falls or accidents
- Difficulty managing eating, washing, or medication
- Heightened anxiety, agitation, or withdrawal
- Physical or emotional burnout within the family
Introducing support earlier, rather than during a crisis, often leads to smoother transitions and better outcomes for everyone involved.
How Professional & Nurse-Led Support Can Help
Nurse-led dementia support brings clinical oversight alongside day-to-day care. This helps with medication management, early identification of changes, coordination with GPs and specialists, and support for families through complex decisions.
Explore In-Depth Dementia Care Guidance
What Does Good Dementia Care Actually Look Like?
A practical guide for families trying to recognise high-quality dementia care and make confident decisions about support at home.
Dementia Care at Home: What Are the Options?
A clear guide to the different levels of dementia care at home and how families can choose the right support as needs evolve.
Dementia Care at Home vs Residential Care: How to Decide
A balanced guide to one of the most difficult dementia care decisions, with practical factors to help families choose the right option.
If you’re unsure what level of support is right, a calm, expert conversation can make a real difference.