Locating your loved one faster

Locating your loved one faster

Oct 20, 2025 | Advice, News

The Herbert Protocol is a helpful scheme devised to help you locate your loved one faster if they go missing. When a loved one living with dementia goes missing, every second counts. It’s a situation no carer ever wants to face, yet it happens more often than many...
Living with loss and dementia

Living with loss and dementia

Aug 1, 2025 | News, Personal stories

A year on from the loss of her partner Sheila, Sue Strachan, who has vascular dementia, reveals how she is coping with grief and talks about her recent house move and managing daily life. Sue Strachan is 69 and was diagnosed with vascular dementia at the age of 56. A...
Award-winning advice for dementia carers

Award-winning advice for dementia carers

Apr 18, 2025 | News

In 2024, Dementia Help won the prestigious 2024 Carers Support Organisation of the Year Award by the Corporate LiveWire Innovation & Excellence Awards. The Corporate LiveWire Innovation & Excellence Awards recognise the achievements of professionals and...
MedicAlert can help to keep your loved one safe

MedicAlert can help to keep your loved one safe

Nov 14, 2024 | About Dementia, News

Do you worry about your loved one’s safety and well-being when they go out? MedicAlert’s medical ID can help identify them and keep them safe while offering you peace of mind. When it comes to dementia care, you want to do the right thing for your loved one. While you...
Meet the team behind Dementia Help magazine

Meet the team behind Dementia Help magazine

Nov 4, 2024 | News

Writer, Editor and former dementia carer Christina Collison talks about the new issue of Dementia Help magazine and the people who helped make it possible. I’m generally not one for emotional displays, but this post is unashamedly sentimental. As the new issue...