This is Rosie and she’s a very caring dog. She’s going to walk the Ribble Way (72 miles) from Longton nr Preston in Lancashire to above Ribblehead in Yorkshire in the last week of August to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society. Since she’s not very good with maps (particularly folding them), she’s bringing her owners Sue and Giles with her. This is a very personal trip because Alzheimer's affects families so deeply. Sue’s mum suffers from Alzheimer’s - she lived in Longton and used to walk in the Yorkshire Dales. Like Rosie, she was loving and caring but now she no longer recognises her family and needs to have round the clock care. She's not the only one - there are 900,000 people in the UK with dementia and this is projected to rise to 1.6 million in 2040 due to the population aging. The cost of care is £34.7 billion (rising to £94.1 billion in 2040). This cost is borne by healthcare, social services and the families affected (https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-us/policy-and-influencing/dementia-scale-impact-numbers) Alzheimer’s isn’t curable - and is unlikely ever to be so. But if we can support research to help prevent it and identify it early, those numbers won’t be so scary. If we can support the carers, that’ll make a huge difference to their lives. That’s why Rosie is going on this walk - to make a difference for so many lives. More information about Alzheimer's Society: At Alzheimer’s Society we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. We do this by giving help to those living with dementia today, and providing hope for the future by campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be and funding groundbreaking research. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime. We don’t want anyone to face the realities of dementia alone. That’s why your support is vital.
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