This week is Alzheimer's Awareness week. The are over 750,000 people in the UK with dementia (around 4.5 million in the US) and while most people think that dementia is a disease of old age there are around 18,000 people under the age of 65 with the disease. Although rare, there are people as young as 30 who develop Alzheimer's.
As anyone who has known someone with dementia will know, the condition impacts not only on the patient but also on whole families and in particular carers. The Alzheimer's Society do fantastic work, in particular the support they provide to affected families, as well as campaigning on policy and research funding. I have heard some fantastic stories about the help the society has provided for people affected by dementia. (The Alzheimer's Association do the same in the US).
Just wanting to help to increase awareness of dementia and publisise the work of the Alzheimer's society.
Thank you and goodnight.
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