It affects an estimated 900,000 people across the UK and is particularly common among the elderly. However, everyone experiences dementia differently.
It's the name given to the number of symptoms which result from the nerve cells that transmit messages from the brain being damaged by diseases like Alzheimer’s. And a study released by the Alzheimer’s Society earlier this year showed that as many as one in four sufferers can go a couple of years before the root of the problem is finally diagnosed.
The reason for this delay is because the symptoms are often indistinguishable from what can normally happen to people as they grow older, thereby making them harder to spot. Nevertheless, five of the most common tell-tale signs include:
