Dementia Knowledge Hub

Library books​

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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Evidence resources

• UpToDate  [NHS ATHENS OR CREATE PERSONAL LOGIN ON-SITE VIA START MENU]
• NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries: dementia
• ​NICE Guidance: dementia
• ​BMJ Best Practice ​ [NHS ATHENS]
• Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews
• Best Evidence.Info

​Organisations

• Alzheimer's Society
• Butterfly Scheme
• Dementia UK
• SCIE Dementia

Athens

​A lot of resources are only available to subscribers. Athens is the key to unlocking access.
Login to Athens - you can update your details and link directly to resources.
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Websites

• Dementia core skills education & training framework
• ​Dementia evidence toolkit (MODEM)
• The brain and dementia
• Communicating with someone with memory loss
• BBC Reminiscence Archive
• House of memories
• Improving dementia education & awareness, including free online training
• eLearning: Dementia

Keep up-to-date

KnowledgeShare is our targeted current awareness service. Alerts are emailed out every fortnight. Your KnowledgeShare profile can be created to be as broad or specific as you need, and can be updated if your interests change.   It can include non-clinical topics such as leadership, management, coaching, and research.

Register for KnowledgeShare

Keep up-to-date

• Dementia Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH)
• Dementia news
• Dementia from BMJ
• Dementia: NHS Education for Scotland
• ​​​Library current awareness services

​Social media

• Alzheimer's Society @alzheimerssoc
• Butterfly Scheme @ButterflyScheme
• Dementia UK @DementiaUK

​CLEAR dementia care app

The CLEAR Dementia Care App provides accessible information and support for staff. Information is presented in bite sized chunks so it is easy to follow and it includes guidance on:

• Different types of dementia
• The brain and dementia
• Dementia symptoms
• Behaviours
• How to respond to people with dementia

The app can be downloaded on Google Play and Apple.​