Living with Dementia

Care Aware
Mar 7, 2023
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Around 850,000 people, most of whom are aged 50 or over, are living with dementia in the UK, and Alzheimer's UK predicts that this figure will rise to 1 million people by 2025. Of these, around a third are currently living in residential care settings.

Source: Age UK

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