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Dementia Awareness Week begins today. Health Reporter Helen Rae speaks to former football heroes about their experiences of having a parent with the condition
Ex-footballers Joe Allon and Richie Pitt had an illustrious sporting career that many would have been proud of.
But despite playing for rival North East football teams the pair share a common bond that many others across the North will identify with.
Both watched a parent that they loved succumb to dementia - a devastating disease that affects around 800,000 people in the UK.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/dementia-awareness-week-ex-footballers-joe-3871195
Ex-footballers Joe Allon and Richie Pitt had an illustrious sporting career that many would have been proud of.
But despite playing for rival North East football teams the pair share a common bond that many others across the North will identify with.
Both watched a parent that they loved succumb to dementia - a devastating disease that affects around 800,000 people in the UK.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/dementia-awareness-week-ex-footballers-joe-3871195