Family Carers
Welcome to the DemTalk toolkit for Family Carers. Use the links below to read the different sections of the toolkit. If you are new to DemTalk, you might want to start off by reading the introduction.
If you would prefer to download a full version of the family carer toolkit to read offline, then please click here: Dementia Toolkit for Effective Communication.
Communication Advice
- Conversation
- Body language
- Environment
- Reducing anxiety
- Putting yourself in their shoes
- Understanding behaviours
- Helping people keep a sense of themselves
- Checking understanding
- Keeping yourself well
If you have read the DemTalk toolkit you may now want to read some stories of how effective communication with people living with dementia can improve their quality of living and improve your relationship with them. Visit our Stories page here.
