HEALTH WATCH: Dementia - Know The Facts.(Features) From: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) | Date: February 24, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Century Newspapers Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

THE Alzheimer's Society in Northern Ireland is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year with the theme It Makes You Think.

Health Watch will be publishing a series of articles this year to help create more awareness of this disease which affects around 20,000 people in Northern Ireland, 18,000 of them aged under 65 years.

CLAIRE MULLAN, communications officer with the Society outlines the disease, its symptoms and treatments.

What is Dementia?