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Test for dementia?

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What decision would YOU make, if a test for dementia was offered to you by your GP? In the New year 2019 it was announced on the news that a test for dementia would be available for individuals in their forties. I would have suggested slightly earlier personally for research purposes only. Bearing in mind […]

Early diagnosis is crucial

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I know how difficult it can be to accept, when you can see there is clearly something amiss with mum or dad or grandparents in terms of their memory. As we gradually become the parents and watch them enter into older age and become more confused and agitated, it becomes difficult to know what to […]