Campaign Aims to Dispel Dementia 'Taboo' ; Fantasy Novelist Terry Pratchett, Columbo Star Peter Falk and Former Prime Minister Lady Thatcher Are All Believed to Be Suffering with the Condition.
Plymouth Evening Herald, The › June 23, 2009
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Fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett, Columbo star Peter Falk and former Prime Minister Lady Thatcher are all believed to be suffering with the condition.
It affects around 700,000 people in the UK and is expected to increase more than threefold in the next 50 years.See the full content of this document
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Campaign Aims to Dispel Dementia 'Taboo' ; Fantasy Novelist Terry Pratchett, Columbo Star Peter Falk and Former Prime Minister Lady Thatcher Are All Believed to Be Suffering with the Condition.
Yet dementia is still regarded as one of the "last great taboos".
The condition results in a slow deterioration of the mind that leads to sufferers losing treasured memories and forgetting loved ones.In the south west alon...See the full content of this document
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