People with dementia and their carers are hosting an emergency summit today.
They want funding of €12 million to provide dementia-specific care in Ireland and say last month’s budget made no reference to the condition.
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55,000 people in Ireland have dementia, and the number is expected to double over the next 20 years.
58 year old Kathy Ryan from Cashel was diagnosed with dementia 5 years ago.
She says her day-to-day life has totally changed: