November 12, 2020

Dementia is our Collective Responsibility

by Stew Flavell in Uncategorized

We Can’t Ignore it Any Longer

Dementia should be and must be our collective responsibility. A good place to start is in collectively facing up to the fact that it is in our midst and that each year hundreds of thousands of men and women are living with it and dying with it. Dementia does not just happen to old people – around 5% of people with Alzheimer’s are under 65

Nicci Gerrard is the author of What Dementia Teaches Us About Love