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Health bosses are bracing themselves for one their ?biggest challenges? as it was revealed nearly 2,000 people in Doncaster are unaware they are living with dementia,
The NHS says it is being inundated with patients suffering from the life changing illness as it revealed that it shelled out ?43.4 million alone last year on dementia care.
Doncaster has now been chosen to trail-blaze a scheme which aims to help dementia suffers lead as normal life as possible as it was revealed that borough health chiefs are among the best in the country at detecting and diagnosing dementia, according to government figures.
The Department of Health?s newly published dementia map shows that nearly 4,000 Doncaster people are believed to have the disease, and currently just over half have been formally diagnosed.
http://www.southyorkshiretimes.co.uk/news/local/thousands-unaware-they-have-dementia-1-6410612
The NHS says it is being inundated with patients suffering from the life changing illness as it revealed that it shelled out ?43.4 million alone last year on dementia care.
Doncaster has now been chosen to trail-blaze a scheme which aims to help dementia suffers lead as normal life as possible as it was revealed that borough health chiefs are among the best in the country at detecting and diagnosing dementia, according to government figures.
The Department of Health?s newly published dementia map shows that nearly 4,000 Doncaster people are believed to have the disease, and currently just over half have been formally diagnosed.
http://www.southyorkshiretimes.co.uk/news/local/thousands-unaware-they-have-dementia-1-6410612