Articles

Observation Checks in Dementia: When “Small Changes” Signal Big Risk

In dementia care, subtle shifts in mobility, alertness, appetite or behaviour can indicate infection, medication effects or frailty-related decline. This article explains how providers can run proportionate observation checks, escalate...

Hydration in Dementia: Preventing Falls, Delirium and Avoidable Deterioration

Dehydration in dementia often presents as “behaviour”, confusion or increased falls risk before anyone notices low fluid intake. This article sets out practical hydration systems, day-to-day delivery approaches and evidence...

Post-Fall Reviews in Dementia: Turning Incidents into Safer Practice

Falls in dementia should trigger learning, not repetition. This article explains how to conduct meaningful post-fall reviews, identify patterns, and translate findings into safer daily practice that satisfies commissioners and...

Frailty in Dementia: Identifying Decline Early and Adapting Support Safely

Frailty in dementia is often gradual, fluctuating and easy to miss until risk escalates. This article sets out how providers can identify early frailty indicators, adapt day-to-day support, and evidence...

Falls and Frailty in Dementia: Prevention, Post-Fall Response and Safe Mobility Support

Falls prevention in dementia is not a leaflet and a grab rail. It is a daily operating model that combines mobility support, hydration and continence routines, medicines review, environmental design,...

Medicines Management in Dementia: Safe Showing, PRN Use and Deprescribing in Practice

Medicines support in dementia is rarely “just admin”. It sits at the intersection of capacity, distress, falls risk, physical health monitoring and family confidence. This guide sets out practical governance...

After a Fall or Hospital Stay: Safe Recovery and Rehabilitation in Dementia Care Without Restrictive Drift

Recovery after a fall, infection or hospital stay is a high-risk period in dementia care, where deconditioning, delirium and medicines changes can rapidly increase harm. This article sets out practical...

Frailty in Dementia Care: Daily Practice to Prevent Deconditioning, Harm and Avoidable Admissions

Frailty in dementia care is often missed until a fall, infection or hospital admission forces action. This article explains how to recognise and respond to frailty early, build strength and...

Falls Prevention in Dementia Care: Frailty-Informed Practice, Safe Environments and Clear Evidence

Falls prevention in dementia care needs more than grab rails and reminders — it requires frailty-informed assessment, daily practice changes, and joined-up review with medicines, mobility and cognition. This article...

Medicines Safety in Dementia Care: Practical Systems That Prevent Harm and Stand Up to Scrutiny

Medicines risk in dementia care is rarely about a single error — it’s about weak systems, rushed routines, and poor escalation when a person’s needs change. This article sets out...