More than one in three people in Northern Ireland who notice symptoms of dementia in themselves or a loved one, wait more than a month before speaking up, a new survey suggests.
The study, for the Alzheimer’s Society to mark the start of Dementia Action Week today, found people often suffer in silence or confuse early symptoms with old age.
The charity talked to people worried that they, or a loved one, might have dementia, as well as those with a diagnosis and carers.
