Thank you for being there

Sabzad and his family had frequently visited their local memory clinic for advice before its closure.

When Sabzad’s dementia deteriorated, his son and main carer, Uamar, fought hard to get a professional care grant. Thanks to you, our Dementia Adviser Kiran was able to support the family to access what they needed.

Without Kiran, I don’t think any of my father’s care would have been possible.

When Andrea failed to recognise a good friend after meeting in the street, she became concerned and went to her GP. Andrea was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s, which came as a great shock to the couple.

But with your help, we could put Andrea and her partner, Ella, in touch with Aranwen, one of our trained Dementia Advisers, for practical and emotional support and advice.

We have someone who’s easy to talk to, who knows us, so we don’t have to tell our story from the beginning each time.

During her undergraduate studies, scientist Sophie found a way to apply our understanding of the immune system to dementia research.

Your support helped Sophie to establish a link between the immune system, the brain and how we can hopefully reduce the risk of dementia, or slow the condition’s progress.

Observing my grandfather’s cognitive decline, and how it affected my grandmother, motivated me to research dementia.