Getting a dementia diagnosis - People with dementia speak out

People with dementia talk about the impact a diagnosis has had on their lives. Over 50% of UK adults thinks there is a stigma around dementia, according to Alzheimer's Society research.

The video features Tricia Davis from Gwent, Heather Roberts from Derby and Ken Clasper from County Durham and accompanies the launch of the new Alzheimer's Society report called Dementia: Out of the Shadows

For more information please visit

http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/outoftheshadows

There are more than 750,000 people in the UK affected by dementia with numbers set to rise to 1 million by 2021. More than half of these have Alzheimer's disease.

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 http://www.alzheimers.org.uk

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