For Terry Byrne, his wife’s dementia has turned their lives upside down. He wants a lot more support for carers, many of whom are at breaking point.
Taken from one of our 2012 magazine issues, find out why inherited forms of Alzheimer's disease are extremely rare, but for a small proportion of families who carry particular genes the results can be devastating.
Forget-me-not Chorus started as a pilot project in 2011 and has been going from strength to strength ever since, helping people affected by dementia experience the joy and friendship of singing in a choir.
Martina Davis in Cumbria, aged 64 with posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), explains how she deals with the challenges of this rarer form of dementia.
Dementia Support Line