Welfare and mental health

Information about benefits you may be able to claim if you have a health condition or if you are on a low income.

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Menopause

Symptoms of the menopause, how the menopause can affect your emotional and mental health, and getting help with menopausal symptoms.

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Dementia

The symptoms of dementia, treatment for dementia, and how to support someone with dementia who has mental health problems.

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Comhar men’s groups

We partnered with icap (Immigration Counselling and Psychotherapy) to deliver self-management courses for Irish men in mid-life.

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Is it wrong to lie to a person with dementia?

We need to give much more consideration to the values we use when supporting and caring for people living with dementia, especially as they are a group that can be at high risk for developing wider mental health problems.

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Booklet about dementia for children and young people

This booklet explains how people with dementia might behave and feel, and provides young people with information about the illness and how to cope if someone they know has dementia. There are also a number of exercises in the booklet which make it ideal for use in the classroom, as part of a PSHE lesson.

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Loneliness - the later life toolkit

Loneliness for people in later life can be a real challenge on a daily basis. Many older people may become lonely due to the loss of a loved one or spouse, relocation to new settings or it may be due to having developed an illness or a disability.

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Older people: statistics

The UK population is ageing rapidly, with the number of people aged 65 and over growing by nearly half in the past 30 years.

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