I was very pleased to meet some of the volunteers who care for Alzheimer’s sufferers across Sussex at their special reward and recognition day held at Lancing Leisure Centre.
It was good to see some of the staff and helpers at first hand again. I was able to give them a run-down on the considerable work that is going on nationally. The Government recognises the fact that nationally we currently have some 850,000 people with some form of dementia and this is forecast to increase to 1.14m by 2025, so it has launched a number of initiatives, which you can read about here: https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/dementia
In the south-east alone some 121, 512 people are affected, the highest number in the country. You can see the plans announced by the Health Secretary on 7 March as part of the Government’s Dementia Challenge here: https://goo.gl/sSUz7K