Having watched my dad’s battle with dementia, this subject is close to our hearts and this initiative has been developed by the Alzheimer’s society. The video alone is a definite must watch and should dispel a few myths about this horrendous disease. The focus on how it can attack the relatively young is particularly affecting, although it doesn’t prepare you for the worst of the disease as it progresses. But anything that shares information and spreads the word has to be good news.
Go to the Dementia Friends web site by clicking here.
Now, if only we can get the NHS to apply continuing care funding appropriately for dementia sufferers, we might at least take away the financial stresses from families who are already having to cope with more than they could ever have anticipated.