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# forget the stigma
People look at me and say 'You don't look like somebody that has dementia'
…but I wonder ‘What does dementia look like?’
ABOUT 48,000 PEOPLE in Ireland live with dementia, a condition that has no cure.
There are some 50,000 family carers looking after them.
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland has launched a campaign called ‘Learn, Listen, Link’ that aims to remove the stigma associated with dementia and Alzheimer’s.
In a moving video, people with these conditions ask others to be more open to learning and talking about the subject.
For more information on the campaign, click here.
People don’t have to be afraid of dementia – they just need to know the facts
‘In spite of themselves, people begin to see you in a different way’
