About this event
Dementia Action Week is from 16-22 May and is Alzheimer UK’s biggest and longest-running awareness campaign. Each year, we work with individuals and organisations across the UK to encourage people to ‘act on dementia’. This year’s campaign will run from 16-22 May and the theme is diagnosis.
Alzheimer’s UK’s research shows that the misconception around memory loss being a sign of normal ageing is the biggest barrier to people seeking a dementia diagnosis. With diagnosis rates falling to a five-year low, we want to encourage those who might be living with undiagnosed dementia to go to them for guidance and support and feel empowered to take the next step. Getting a diagnosis can be daunting, but they believe it’s better to know. And so do 91% of people affected by dementia.
