Summer Raffle 2010

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By supporting the raffle, you can help the Alzheimer’sSociety to continue to fund research, run quality support services, deliver training to professionals and campaign for improved care and greater understanding and awareness of dementia.

Tickets £1 each
Closing date: 04th June 2010
Draw date: 17th June 2010

If you would like to help, you can:
Call 01628 511 709 to order books of tickets or
Email: [EMAIL="raffle@alzheimers.org.uk"]raffle@alzheimers.org.uk[/EMAIL]

Website: http://alzheimers.org.uk
Tel: 020 7423 3500
Fax: 020 7423 3501
Address: Alzheimer's Society, Devon House, 58 St Katharine's Way, LondonE1W 1JX

What is dementia?
The word dementia is an umbrella term which describes a serious deterioration in mental functions, such as memory, language, orientation and judgement. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. Other diseases that cause dementia are vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy Bodies, and fronto-temporal dementia. Dementia is progressive, which means the symptoms will gradually get worse. It is a terminal condition.

Symptoms of dementia include:
Loss of memory – being unable to remember names and places or forgetting what happened earlier the same day.
Mood changes – People with dementia may also feel sad, frightened or angry about what is happening to them.
Communication problems − a decline in the ability to talk, read and write.
In the later stages of dementia, the person affected will have problems carrying out everyday tasks, and will become increasingly dependent on other people.

Statistics:

• There are 820,000 people living with dementia in the UK today, a number forecast to rise rapidly as the population ages.
• 1 in 3 over 65s will die with some form of dementia.
• 163,000 new cases of dementia occur in England and Wales each year - one every 3.2 minutes.
• 25 million people, or 42% of the UK population, know a close friend or family member with dementia.
• The financial cost of dementia to the UK is over £20 billion a year.
• Family carers of people with dementia save the UK over £6 billion a year.
• 64% of people living in care homes have a form of dementia.

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