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New Centre To Help The 55,000 People Living With Dementia

Every day 11 people are diagnosed with dementia in Ireland. Up to 55 thousand people in Ireland are...
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3:16 PM - 21 Sep 2018



New Centre To Help The 55,000...

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New Centre To Help The 55,000 People Living With Dementia

TodayFM
TodayFM

3:16 PM - 21 Sep 2018



Every day 11 people are diagnosed with dementia in Ireland.

Up to 55 thousand people in Ireland are affected by dementia, 4 thousand of those are younger people.

A new memory technology resource centre has been set up at St.Colmcille Hospital in Loughlinstown to help them.

The rooms and services have been set up using 4 million euro from the Dormant Account Funds.

It's the first of 23 to be rolled out across the country by the end of the year

A talking photo album,easy to use radios and mobile phones are some of the things being introduced to families.



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