Dementia Friends
Dementia is a syndrome associated with an ongoing decline of the brain and it's abilities. Some of the symptoms include memory loss, thinking speed and mental agility. It affects about 800,000 people in the UK of present. It mainly affects people over the age of 65, but can still happen to anybody of any age. It is a very sad and unfortunate disease for the person and friends and family of them.
From personal experience I know it is horrible seeing people suffer from it. My nana has it and has had it for around 5 or so years. Every time I visit her she seems less with it and barley recognizes me. This can be upsetting to see her slowly deteriorate but it is in no way shape or form her fault at all. So this being very close to my heart, I try to support any campaigns to raise any awareness for it. Today I found this and I just had to share it with you.
This is a campaign to support people with dementia and raise awareness of this, very common, but not as commonly talked about disease. This could be you in a few years or a close relative, so please show your support.
This next clip will explain dementia affect on a daily life and what this campaign is trying to achieve.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD3epu4SB2Y
If you follow the next link onto their website, you can then become a Dementia friend. This will cost you nothing and will only take maximum 5 minutes to fill in your details. If you wish they will send you a little book with more details and a badge to show your support.
If you want to take your support further, then you can apply to volunteer or raise money for such a worthy cause.
https://www.dementiafriends.org.uk/
This is just one of many ways that you can support dementia charities and the people affecting. For more information search the internet for the many ways you can help.
So become a dementia friend today :)
Thank you for reading and supporting this. If you could share the video, website link or even this blog post then it would mean a lot to me and so much more to those suffering.
From personal experience I know it is horrible seeing people suffer from it. My nana has it and has had it for around 5 or so years. Every time I visit her she seems less with it and barley recognizes me. This can be upsetting to see her slowly deteriorate but it is in no way shape or form her fault at all. So this being very close to my heart, I try to support any campaigns to raise any awareness for it. Today I found this and I just had to share it with you.
This is a campaign to support people with dementia and raise awareness of this, very common, but not as commonly talked about disease. This could be you in a few years or a close relative, so please show your support.
This next clip will explain dementia affect on a daily life and what this campaign is trying to achieve.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD3epu4SB2Y
If you follow the next link onto their website, you can then become a Dementia friend. This will cost you nothing and will only take maximum 5 minutes to fill in your details. If you wish they will send you a little book with more details and a badge to show your support.
If you want to take your support further, then you can apply to volunteer or raise money for such a worthy cause.
https://www.dementiafriends.org.uk/
This is just one of many ways that you can support dementia charities and the people affecting. For more information search the internet for the many ways you can help.
So become a dementia friend today :)
Thank you for reading and supporting this. If you could share the video, website link or even this blog post then it would mean a lot to me and so much more to those suffering.
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