Hi Chris, I hope you are well. I know this doesn't answer your question exactly, but there is some guidance about supplements (from p16) in the 'Eating well and dementia' guide (PDF download) on this page: https://www.carersuk.org/carers-uk-and-nutricia-resources I hope this is helpful. All the best...

Hi all! I’m Jane – and I work at Carers UK. If you haven’t come across it before, I’d like to flag that we have a guide called ‘Looking after someone’ which brings together all the practical aspects of caring in one place. There is information on benefits, wellbeing, aids and equipment, breaks, and ...

Hi Keith,

Sorry to hear about your concerns with this. Would you mind copying and pasting your post into an email and sending it to advice@carersuk.org so that we can ensure one of our advisers can look into this for you and offer some guidance as soon as possible?

Best wishes,
Jane

Hi Amanda, I'm really sorry to hear how you have had trouble sleeping. Further to Bowling Bun's really useful advice, there are some other tips that may be of interest here: https://www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/health/looking-after-your-health/getting-enough-sleep This 'Share and Learn' video ma...

Good morning – I’m Jane (and I work at Carers UK). I just wanted to highlight some of our information resources on ways to take a break, such as our video series [https://www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/supporting-you-to-take-a-break] and accompanying guidance [https://www.carersuk.org/help-and-adv...

Thank you your helpful guidance, @sunnydisposition !

Hi, I’m Jane and I work on some of our resources at Carers UK – thank you for visiting our forum. I just wanted to highlight some of our mental health guidance knowing that this is a time of the year when life can feel particularly tough: https://www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/health/looking-after...

Thanks @sunnydisposition for highlighting that - a good point!

Hi, I’m Jane and I work at Carers UK – welcome to our forum. Understanding that caring can be very physically demanding at times, we have some guidance here on how to care for your back. I hope this is helpful in some way: www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/health/looking-after-your-health/caring-for-...

Hello, I’m Jane and I work at Carers UK. A warm welcome to our forum if you haven’t been here before! Thank you for coming here. If you are struggling to get enough sleep at this time of year, it can be extremely tough and hard going. I hope this guidance helps to offer some tips or support: https:/...