Dementia symptoms, diagnosis, relationships and getting support - Peter and Sheila's story

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For subtitled version please see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TbHKGIlVhE

Articulate actor Peter first noticed something was wrong when he had trouble remembering his lines. Here Peter's wife Sheila discusses her husband's dementia diagnosis, and the huge impact this had on their relationship.

Their dementia support worker Karen talks about the support she was able to provide to help Peter and Sheila live better with dementia. Peter now lives comfortably in a care home.

There are more than 750,000 people in the UK affected by dementia with numbers set to rise to 1 million by 2021.

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading care and research charity for people with dementia and those who care for them.

Support the fight against dementia. Visit us at http://www.alzheimers.org.uk

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• vascular dementia
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Thank you for this great look into Peter's story. We have posted this video on our Facebook page to hopefully bring awareness to our followers.