Guideposts Hints and Tips Factsheets have been produced from our four year research study into best practice funded by the Department of Health.

There are 10 Factsheets:

1. Understanding Dementia

2. Person Centred Care

3. Communication

4. Life History

5. Helping a Person with Personal Care

6. Keeping Active and Occupied

7. Helping a Person to Eat and Drink

8. Behaviours that Challenge

9. Care at Home and Care Homes

10. Carer Support

The Factsheets can be downloaded from the Dementia Web site or ordered by telephone 0845 120 4048

Hundreds of carers across the UK have already found Guideposts Factsheets an invaluable source of information and practical advice.

As a result Guideposts Dementia Information Service for Carers, DISC, was launched in 2006. A specialist website, Dementiaweb was first set in Oxfordshire and has become a huge success attracting tens of thousands of visitors. It is now the most used site in the county for carers, families and professionals to find what local services exist.

As a result of this success the Kent and Medway Partnership Trust commissioned Guideposts to establish Dementiaweb in the county.

Dementiaweb is a unique local resource, designed with feedback from carers about their needs for help and information.

Guideposts is now embarked upon a major expansion of its DISC service and the development of Dementiaweb. The aim is to develop sites in every county throughout England and Wales.

A new national site has now been launched, www.dementiaweb.org.uk and the first new look county site in Warwickshire www.dementiawebwarwickshire.org.uk has gone live.