People Affected By Dementia Are Facing This Alarming Crisis In The UK

Recent research commissioned by the leading dementia charity, Alzheimer’s Society, which surveyed 3,476 people affected by dementia, found that a quarter of carers polled said that the person they care for was not given advice about how to seek support following their diagnosis – and was left to cope alone. 

However, as alarming as this is, the carer crisis doesn’t end there.

Not only are people affected by dementia not informed about the help that’s available to them, only 8% had received a carer’s assessment...