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Latest news - Supporter stories

SundowningSundowning
October 24, 2019

How the Dementia Helpline supported one family troubled by sundowning

Helen Green works on our Admiral Nurse Dementia Helpline and supports many callers through the challenges of dementia. As the clocks go back this weekend and ...

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Colin and GladysColin and Gladys
September 24, 2019

Colin’s experience of music and dementia

"Music was one of the things which truly sustained her after the diagnosis. It was the one thing that I knew would help her and myself through the time ahead."...

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Fundraising children from Todmarden Primary SchoolFundraising children from Todmarden Primary School
May 22, 2019

Learning a thing or two from our amazing school fundraisers

We’re delighted that Todmorden CE J, I & N School, a church school in West Yorkshire, decided that their chosen charity over Lent would be Dementia UK....

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