DEMENTIA sufferers can get help and advice next week at a series of events.
Dementia Aware-ness Week is from May 19 to 25 and aims at helping people with the condition and their partners.
With one in 14 people over the age of 65, and one in six over 80, suffering a form of dementia – and a predicted increase of a quarter in Thurrock by 2020 – dementia has a huge impact.
On Tuesday, May 21, the local Alzheimer’s Society and a member of the Memory Service will be at Blackshots Library, in Grays, between 2pm and 5pm to give advice to anybody worried about their memory.
On Thursday, May 23, they will be at Corringham Library, in St John’s Way, from 10am to 2pm.
Wednesday, May 22, sees a 20-minute film called Darkness in the Afternoon at the Thameside Theatre, in Grays, with showings at 11.30am, 12.30pm and 1.30pm.
Finally, on Friday, May 24 the Dementia Action Alliance is being launched at the Beehive Resource Centre in Grays.
Four one-hour information sessions are being held at 9am, noon, 1pm and 5pm where you can find out more. E-mail info@healthwatchthurrock.org
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