Links to sites relating to older people's mental health

 General Sites for Older People’s Wellbeing

Age Concern www.ageconcern.org.uk

Help the Aged www.helptheaged.org.uk

Huffington Centre on Aging www.hcoa.org

Action on Elder Abuse www.elderabuse.org.uk

Mental Health Foundation www.mentalhealth.org.uk

MIND http://www.mind.org.uk/

Health WellbeingSPOT.com.au - an online resource for health and wellbeing. Free health service classifieds. Free health products classifieds www.wellbeingspot.com.au

The Dementia Doctor http://www.dementiadoctor.co.uk/

The Paloma Centre www.thepalomacentre.com

Supporting Independent Living

Continence Foundation www.continence-foundation.org.uk

Ageless Design www.agelessdesign.com

Disabled and elderly communities www.essentialaids.com

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Dementia Resources

Dementia Advocacy and Support Network International www.dasninternational.org

Alzheimer’s Society: UK www.alzheimers.org.uk

Alzheimer's Society reading lists 

Scotland www.alzscot.org

USA www.alz.org

Canada www.alzheimer.ca

Europe www.alzheimer-europe.org

International www.alz.co.uk

for dementia - formerly the Dementia Relief Trust www.fordementia.org.uk

Picks Disease Support www.pdsg.org.uk

Huntington’s Disease Association www.hda.org.uk

The Clive Project (Early Onset) www.thecliveproject.org.uk

Kingshill Research Centre www.kingshill-research.org

Timeslips Storytelling Project www.timeslips.org.uk

Leveson Centre www.levesoncentre.org.uk

UK Department of Health policies - Mental Health 

Working with Alzheimer's Disease Ullswater Publications 01323 724886

Many Happy Returns 1940s and 1950s Chatterbox memory trigger cards www.manyhappyreturns.org

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Dementia Services Development Centres

Bristol www.dementia-voice.org.uk

Oxford www.brookes.ac.uk/dementia

Stirling www.dementia.stir.ac.uk

Wales www.bangor.ac.uk/dsdc

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Information for Carers

Crossroads www.carers.gov.uk

Caring Matters www.caringmatters.dial.pipex.com

Caregiving Online www.caregiving.com

Eldercare Online www.ec-online.net

Empowering Caregivers www.care-givers.com

The Ribbon www.theribbon.com

Alzwell Caregiver Support www.alzwell.com

Nursing Home Fees Agency www.nhfa.co.uk

Counsel and Care www.counselandcare.org.uk

Scottish Care Services Forum www.careservicesforum.com

Alzheimer's Help online www.alzheimershelponline.com/

Pictures to Share www.picturestoshare.co.uk

Working with Alzheimer's Disease Ullswater Publications 01323 724886

Life story book www.iminhere.org.uk

Care Directions www.caredirections.co.uk

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Professional Resources

 1. Journals and publishers

Journal of Dementia Care http://dementia.careinfo.org

Journal of Mental Health http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09638237.asp

British Journal of Nursing  www.internurse.com

Publishers Jessica Kingsley www.jkp.com

Queens Square www.dementia.ion.ucl.ac.uk

Speechmark www.speechmark.net

4M Publishers http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/dementia

 

2. Colleges, institutions, associations and hospitals.

American Psychiatric Association www.apa.org/topics/opic_aging.html

Centre for Policy on Aging www.cpa.org.uk

Practical Memory Institute www.memoryzine.com

Royal College of Psychiatrists www.rcpsych.ac.uk

Bradford Dementia Group www.bradford.ac.uk/acad/health/bdg/index.php

Specialist Nurse Practitioner site www.shropshirepct.nhs.uk/hosp_health_services/mental_learning/mental

British Society of Gerontology www.britishgerontology.org/

Practitioner Network on Ageing http://pnoa.co.uk/

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