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We at High Lee see on a day to day basis the awful effect that Dementia has on people. Not only do we see it on a professional basis but all of us have had family who have been diagnosed with this terrible & debilitating disease.

• Currently there are as many as 850,000 people with dementia in the UK.
• There are 40,000 younger people with dementia in the UK
• There will be 1 million people with dementia in the UK by 2025.
• 60,000 deaths a year are directly attributable to dementia.
• Delaying the onset of dementia by five years would reduce deaths directly attributable to dementia by 30,000 a year.
• The financial cost of dementia to the UK is £26 billion per annum.
• 80 per cent of people living in care homes have a form of dementia or severe memory problems.
• Two thirds of people with dementia live in the community while one third live in a care home.

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