Information about dementia
What Is Dementia?
Dementia is a disease where someone has a decline in their mental functions and cognitive (thinking) abilities. Dementia is a...
Alcohol Related Brain Disorders
Dementia causes gradual deterioration inattention span, decision-making, memory and learning, language, perception, and social behaviour. Alcohol-related brain disorders (ARBD) are...
Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease was described in 1907 by a German neurologist, Alois Alzheimer. Microscopically, his patient’s brain showed plaques and tangles...
Diagnosing Dementia
Dementia begins very gradually and often people just adapt to changes, thinking they are due to ageing and so they...
Frontotemporal Dementia
Dementia (also known as Neurocognitive Disorder) causes gradual deterioration in attention, decision-making, memory and learning, language, perception and /or social...
Information For Family And Friends
It comes as a shock when someone close to you is diagnosed with dementia, but this doesn’t mean the end...
Intellectual Disability And Dementia
People with intellectual disability (ID) are more likely to develop dementia than others. There is a particularly strong link between...
Lewy Body Dementia
Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a type of dementia, a condition that causes gradual deterioration in thinking, communication and behaviour....
Supporting a person with dementia
Activities
Some ideas for ways family/whānau members to help pass the time, while supporting a person with a dementia diagnosis. Staying...
Communicating With A Person With Dementia
A Waikato DHB Speech Language Therapist has kindly provided Dementia Waikato with these Communication Tips to share with families/care partners....
Home Safety
During the time we have all spent at home during COVID-19, you will have observed how the person you are...
Staying Independent
You may have had a recent diagnosis of dementia and want to try and maintain as much independence as possible,...
Memory Prompts
We will be looking at ways to use memory prompts to support a person with dementia to be as independent...
Shadowing
Not everyone who has a dementia diagnosis experiences shadowing. Some of the following tips may work for you and the...
Showering And Bathing
We are aware that some of you may have stopped your DSL personal cares support, whilst for others the COVID-19...
Sleep Issues
Problems with sleep can be a common issue for people who live with a dementia diagnosis. Sleep disturbances can be...