The benefits of early dementia diagnosis

With the potential for long term cost savings and improved quality of life, the benefits of early dementia diagnosis are great. A new iPad app from Cambridge Cognition hopes to provide GPs with a faster, accurate assessment tool
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It has been described as a ticking time bomb, affecting more people than cancer or heart disease. But for many of the growing number of people in Britain who suffer from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, a diagnosis is still out of reach.

The Alzheimer’s Society say that the the disease will cost the UK more than £23bn this year and it is one of the main causes of disability in later life, although more than a third of sufferers remain undiagnosed.

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Category: Dementia