Alzheimer’s Society is the UK’s leading dementia charity.

They campaign for change, fund research to find a cure and support people living with dementia today.

What age?

You may think that it affects only the very elderly. In fact, it can affect people in their 40s and 50s.

How many?

Currently there are 900,000 people affected, of which 42,000 are under the age of 65

Hard facts

It is anticipated there will be 1.6 million people affected by 2040

1 in 6 people over the age of 80 have dementia