Brain & movement
Dementia & everyday support
Familiar activities, comfortable routines and dignity matter in dementia care. Explore support for the person and their carers, shaped around individual preferences, daily needs and guidance from the responsible professionals.
A connected care plan.
The starting point
Support meaningful daily life, with practical help for the person and carers.
Adults with a clinician-confirmed dementia diagnosis and families seeking support with daily activity and participation. The plan considers communication, decision-making support, mobility, distress and care needs, with specialist review when the situation changes.
Make it personal.
02 / Your planKeep it connected.
03 / Your next stepReview it together.
What would support look like for you?
A clinician guides care. A coach helps you carry the plan into daily life. Your centre agrees the support available.
Care that fits your everyday life.
A shared plan, shaped around the person and reviewed by their clinician.
Where would you like to begin?
Familiar, meaningful activity+
Choose activities the person values, using understandable steps, familiar cues and a pace that supports comfort and participation.
Movement and daily routines+
Appropriate movement and practical adaptations may support everyday tasks, while accounting for falls, fatigue and the person’s surroundings.
Support for caregivers+
Explore routines, communication and the help caregivers need. Their wellbeing and ability to continue providing support matter too.
What would you like to know next?
What would the first steps be?↗
- Assessment
Understand the person’s preferences, clinical history, routines and support needs, with appropriate consent and decision-making support.
- Your plan
Agree practical goals and a predictable approach with the person, family and responsible professionals.
- Supported practice
Use familiar activities and clear cues, adjusting to comfort and willingness on the day.
- Review
Revisit daily needs and caregiver support, and seek medical review for concerning changes.
How would progress be reviewed?↗
Your clinician chooses measures relevant to your goals. Examples may include:
- Participation and assistance needed in familiar daily tasks
- Mobility, balance and any falls or new difficulties
- Comfort, wellbeing and caregiver-reported changes or strain
Who could support me?↗
- Treating physician, geriatrician or neurologist
- Coach for everyday goals and follow-through
- Occupational therapist or physiotherapist according to need
- Caregiver and care coordinator
- Speech and language therapist, dietitian or psychologist when indicated
Your centre confirms which professionals are involved and how you will meet.
How does my coach help me keep going?↗
Your coach helps turn the agreed plan into everyday action: manageable goals, workable routines and conversations about what is getting in the way. You agree how to stay in touch and bring questions back to the care team. Medical decisions remain with your clinician.
Meet the coaching roleCan we discuss money or work pressures?↗
Money worries can be part of the wellbeing conversation, including care costs, household responsibilities and pressures at work. Your coach can help you organise priorities and explore practical money habits. This is financial wellbeing education, not advice on financial products.
Explore financial wellbeing supportHow does this fit my existing care?↗
Hospital admissions can disrupt familiar routines. Discharge planning should include the person’s usual abilities, communication preferences, medicines and caregiver support. Any continuing programme must fit that plan and the home setting, with medical assessment for sudden confusion or a marked change from usual behaviour.
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Your questions, answered.
Is the aim to improve a memory-test score?
The priorities are meaningful activity, comfort and daily life. Cognitive assessment belongs in appropriate clinical care; a game score does not show that dementia has improved.
Can a caregiver help shape the plan?
Yes, while respecting the person’s wishes and decision-making rights. Caregivers can contribute observations, explain familiar routines and discuss the support they themselves need.
What if confusion suddenly gets worse?
Seek prompt medical assessment. Sudden confusion or a sharp change in usual function should not simply be attributed to dementia or addressed by increasing activity.
Clinical perspective
This pathway does not promise to reverse dementia or restore memory. Support is personalised, with appropriate consent and clinician oversight. Suitability, supervision and the required professional availability must be confirmed.
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