Caremark is walking for Dementia!
A team from Caremark are taking part in the Manchester memory walk at Heaton Park in order to mark World Alzheimer’s Month, raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society and walk for their clients with dementia.
September is World Alzheimer’s Month, an international campaign to raise awareness and challenge the stigma surrounding dementia.
Dementia is an umbrella term for a range of progressive conditions that affect the brain. There are over 200 subtypes of dementia, but the five most common are: Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, frontotemporal dementia and mixed dementia.
The brain is made up of nerve cells (neurones) that communicate with each other by sending messages. Dementia damages the nerve cells in the brain so messages can’t be sent from and to the brain effectively, which prevents the body from functioning normally.
Regardless of which type of dementia is diagnosed and what part of the brain is affected, each person will experience dementia in their own unique way.
Dementia can affect a person at any age but it is more commonly diagnosed in people over the age of 65 years. A person developing dementia before age 65 is said to have young onset dementia.
There are over 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK and this is set to rise to over one million by 2021. Around 225,000 people develop dementia every year – that’s the equivalent to one person every three minutes.
In order to mark World Alzheimer’s Month, raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society and walk for their clients with dementia, a team from Caremark are taking part in the Manchester memory walk at Heaton Park on 28th September. To sponsor the Caremark team please visit www.justgiving.com/fundraising/mw447365.
To find out more about how Caremark can help support you or a loved one with dementia call their friendly team on 0161 627 0891; email oldham@caremark.co.uk or visit their website at www.caremark.co.uk/Oldham.
Author: Jude Gidney - Editor
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