Dementia Guidance provides a guide to free services available throughout the UK to people with dementia and their families. There are benefits and services that are available without any cost being involved. Even though you are faced with the life changing diagnosis of dementia, there is no method of automatically telling you about these services.

The purpose of this information is to provide you with a short list of suggestions to put you on the right track. There are several fantastic charities who have plenty of good advice and offer tremendous services, this is a brief guide bases on someone’s experience.

There are a number of broad groups of guidance:-

1. Free benefits available to everyone with dementia whatever your income.
2. Registering Power of Atorney, there are two to consider and they are chargeable
3. Free advice from Charities
4. Advisory and social groups for the person with dementia and their carers and separate groups for carers only. (you may have to pay for a cup of tea or coffee)
5. Respite Care. One essential aspect is that if someone is caring for their partner or friend they must make time for themselves, otherwise both they and the person with dementia will suffer.
6. Contingency Plans. Just in case you as the carer have an accident, major or minor you need to have set in place contact and care details should either the emergency services or your friends and family need to take over for a while.

Please download the leaflet below for more information on these benefits: