Five ways you can help a family with dementia

http://www.alzheimers.org.uk

For subtitled version please see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJPw1mmDEX0

This film shows five ways you could help a family living with dementia.

This film is part of Alzheimer's Society's Remember the person campaign, which asks people to think about the individuals living with dementia and not just the diagnosis. Alzheimer's Society is asking people to think about the people they know living with dementia and about the simple things they can do to make life for them more manageable and enjoyable.

Dementia describes the symptoms caused by some diseases or conditions that affect the brain. Although there is no cure, there are many things that can make life for people with dementia more manageable and enjoyable. With your help, people living with dementia can live well.

Find out more about Sue, Faye and Wendy by watching their story here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95pTL9emhco

Dementia Awareness Week 2011 will take place from 3 - 9 July in England and Wales and 12 - 18 June 2011 in Northern Ireland.

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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