Useful Links
Patient Group Resources
- Action Research - National medical charity dedicated to preventing and treating disease and disability by funding vital medical research into conditions affecting both children and adults.
- Age Concern - Dedicated to improving the life of the elderly in the United Kingdom.
- Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) - UK-based umbrella organisation of Alzheimer associations around the world.
- Alzheimer's Society - Care and research charity for people with dementia, providing information, education, support for carers and more.
- Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC) - Raises funds to promote medical research into the cause, treatment and cure or arthritic conditions.
- Dementia Care Trust - Dementia Care Trust's mission is to provide: Relief Caring at home, Counselling for Carers, day Care for people with dementia nd associated conditions.
- Dementia Research Group - One of the UK's leading centres for clinical research into dementia.
- Help The Aged - Provides practical support to help older people live independent lives, particularly those who are frail, isolated or poor.
- Kingshill Research Centre - Aspires to improve quality of life for users and carers, by producing high quality research information for use in the development of new treatment alternatives for dementia.
- Mental Health Foundation - UK charity helping to improve the lives of everyone with mental health problems or learning disabilities.
- MIND - Working for a better life for everyone experiencing mental distress.
- National Schizophrenia Fellowship (Scotland)
- Parkinsons Disease Society
- Royal National Institute for the Blind - Challenging the disabling effects of sight loss by providing information and practical services to help people get on with their own lives.
- SANE - One of the UK's leading charities concerned with improving the lives of everyone affected by mental illness.
Carers Resources
- Care Radio - Provides an audio and visual resource for anyone involved in the care sector.
- Carers UK - Information for carers, news, publications and campaigns.
- Crossroads - Caring for carers
- Patient UK - Directory of health, disease and related websites. Edited by two GPs.
- Princess Royal Trust for Carers - Charity with many centres in the UK, that exists to make it easier for carers to cope by providing information, support, and practical help
- Therapy Weekly - is the leading weekly news magazine for the physiotherapy and occupational therapy professions.