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Memories, Faith and Dementia

Delyth Liddell talks to Samantha Hodgins, chaplain of a dementia care home, Dr Tom Close, and her own mother, Mair Liddell, about dementia and its effects on faith.

According to the Alzheimer鈥檚 Society, 1 in 3 people in the UK will be diagnosed with dementia in their lifetime. 55 million people worldwide. But, what is dementia, how does it affect people, and what role does faith play in a person鈥檚 journey with dementia?
In this programme, presenter Delyth Liddell talks to her mother about the experience of being a full-time carer for a relative with dementia. We also visit Rhos on Sea, just outside Colwyn Bay, to meet the chaplain of Coed Craig residential and dementia care home. Samantha Hodgins talks about the GOLUD initiative, helping churches support those with dementia, and invites us to a weekly Fellowship Service she runs.
Details of organisations offering information and support with dementia are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded information on 08000 560 780.

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