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Campaign pack

Click here to request your copy of the 'respect for dementia' diaries and campaign pack.


Why 'Respect for dementia'?

Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust started the 'respect for dementia' campaign in December 2008 in partnership with the Suffolk Alzheimer’s Society, Suffolk Family Carers, Suffolk Age Concern and User Views. We set about asking people in Suffolk about their experiences of living with dementia.

We wanted to hear directly from people living with the diagnosis and their family carers and friends – to find out what it means to them. In all we spoke to over 50 people.

The name of the campaign came from one of the groups that we spoke to. They told us that the attitudes of other people – sometimes close family and friend – make a big difference to how they cope.

One person said that they had gradually lost all of their old friends and even family had withdrawn.

This campaign is designed to raise public awareness of the need to understand and accept dementia – and to support people living with the condition.


Facts

  • There are 700,000 people living with dementia in the UK today, a number forecast to double within a generation. †
  • 1 in 3 over 65s will die with some form of dementia. †
  • 163,000 new cases of dementia occur in England and Wales each year - one every 3.2 minutes. †
  • There are currently 15,000 younger people with dementia in the UK. ‡
  • Two thirds of people with dementia live in the community while one third live in a care home. ‡

† Alzheimers Society
‡ Alzheimers Research Trust

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Please let us know what you think of our 'respect for dementia' campaign by completing our online survey. Your feedback is invaluable to us.

This is your opportunity to let us know how we did and if there was anything that you would have done differently.

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