This week is Dementia Awareness Week. Dementia affects hundreds of thousands of families each year. Increasing awareness and improving care for people with dementia is vital to reducing the feelings of isolation that are often the result.

If you're worried that you, or someone close to you, might have dementia, you can call the National Dementia Helpline on 0300 222 1122 or email helpline@alzheimers.org.uk for advice and support.

- Dedicated to Vera Shale - who passed away in April aged 97, after a decade battling Alzheimer's.