Dubbed ‘the greatest global challenge for health and social care in the 21st century’*, dementia is now the world’s fifth biggest killer, with a new UK diagnosis made every three minutes.
As the number of people with dementia is set to increase sharply from 850,000 to 1.6 million by 2040 (largely because we’re living longer), the crisis is deepening. A gross lack of social care funding means those living with the condition and their loved ones are forced to spend everything they have on care – currently around
