Draft OT practice guideline for dementia – your practice insight is needed

Developed with OTs and people with lived experience – does our new guidance support your day-to-day?

We’ve opened consultation on our draft Occupational therapy practice guideline for dementia: Supporting prevention, participation and living well – and we want to hear from you.

Our guidelines are gold standard resources, bringing together the best available evidence and expertise to support occupational therapy practice across roles and settings. This new guideline focuses on prevention, participation and living well for people affected by dementia.

Read the draft guideline

Add your views to the consultation

Appendix – guideline evidence tables

Please read the draft guideline first.

Depending on how much feedback you have to provide, the consultation form can take anywhere between 10–30 minutes.

The consultation closes at 11.59pm, Wednesday 29 July 2026.

This is your last opportunity to help shape the final guideline

Developed with occupational therapy dementia experts and people with lived experience, the draft sets out evidence-based recommendations to support person-centred, equitable and effective practice across the UK.

We’d value your views on how the guideline works in practice.

What’s clear? What could be improved? What might be missing?

Your feedback will help ensure the guideline:

• is clear, practical and easy to apply in real-world settings
• reflects the breadth of occupational therapy roles and contexts
• supports consistent, high-quality practice for people living with dementia and those who support them.