Urgent vote to take place over dementia diagnosis targets

How I fear the Parkinson’s dementia my grandpa experienced

I’m not the only person in my family to have experienced Parkinson’s disease. About 25 years ago, my maternal grandfather was diagnosed with it. His was a more typical diagnosis, coming in his 70s, unlike my diagnosis, which came in my 30s. I don’t remember many of the details of his day-to-day struggle, because I was across the country at college, starting my career, and didn’t take time to visit enough. My grandpa was lucky in that he had terr…

Urgent vote to take place over dementia diagnosis targets

The town hall is being urged to support a rethink of dementia diagnosis targets.