Dementia Action Week 2025
Dementia Action Week 2025
One in three people born in the UK today will be diagnosed with dementia in their lifetime. 1.4 million people are expected to be living with dementia by 2040. Dementia is the UK's biggest health and social care crisis.
Dementia Action Week is an awareness raising campaign. Each year, the Alzheimer's Society works with individuals and organisations across the UK to encourage people to act on dementia and this year, they're focussing on diagnosis and highlighting the most common symptoms of dementia.
A dementia diagnosis is vital
Diagnosis is vital to give people access to the care, treatment and support they desperately need. Yet one in three people with dementia don't yet have a diagnosis.
If you're worried about yourself, or someone close to you, get help describing your symptoms to a GP by filling in the Alzheimer's Society's symptoms checklist.
You can also watch the following video from the Alzheimer's Society to learn more about common dementia symptoms.
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What's happening locally?
To mark Dementia Action Week 2025, there are various events and activities taking place in Brighton and Hove. Download the following document to explore what events are happening near you this week.
You can also use this document to find local resources and support for people living with dementia which take place year-round.
Carolyn's story
To mark this week, Healthwatch England have shared Carolyn's story of how she's struggling to get the right care for her husband and how his dementia diagnosis has upended their lives.
"I'm anxious and depressed after everything that we've gone through, but I've not had one call from social services to ask how I'm doing. That hurts. It just feels like they've said, 'your husband is in care, get on with it.
"He'd tell me 'you need to look after yourself', but I beat myself up because I can't thank him enough for taking care of my three children and giving them the good life that he did."