Dementia Awareness
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What is dementia?
Dementia is a progressive disorder that affects how your brain works and in particular the ability to remember, think and reason.
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Could you be at risk?
There does not appear to be a single cause of dementia. Research to date suggests a combination of factors affect your overall risk of developing it.
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Diagnosis and treatment
Making a diagnosis of dementia and confirming which type you have can be difficult, particularly in the early stages. Each person will experience it in their own way and their condition will progress at a different rate.
Dementia services Age UK Dacorum
Cogs clubs from @AgeUKDacorum bring a smile to residents with memory loss problems. https://t.co/hptLDHAESs pic.twitter.com/tQjS8Ji9Id
— The Gazette (@TheGazette_news) May 11, 2017
Music 🎵 and movement filled the place when the Hemel @RockChoir 🎶 visited our Berkhamsted Cogs Club during #Dementia Awareness Week pic.twitter.com/JOqDySI9B9
— Age UK Dacorum (@AgeUKDacorum) May 23, 2017
Support our work in fighting dementia
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Help and Support
Links to charities and organisations who can answer questions about medication available and information or advice to support you if you are living with or caring for someone with dementia
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Your most common questions about dementia, answered
From Alzheimer's Society - Your most common questions about dementia, answered
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5 things you may not have known about dementia
Do you know that dementia is not a natural part of aging? that dementia is not just about losing your memory?
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Dementia UK- support and advice
Dementia UK offers specialist one-to-one support and expert advice for families living with dementia through their Admiral Nurses. They have a national helpline and email service.
