CHARITY | MADDY'S WALK IN AID OF ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH
ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia, affecting between 50 and 75 per cent of those diagnosed. Symptoms of dementia include memory loss, confusion and problems with speech and understanding. Dementia is a terminal condition. There are over 42,000 people under 65 with dementia in the UK.The total cost of care for people with dementia in the UK is £34.7billion. This is set to rise sharply over the next two decades, to £94.1billion by 2040. The cost of social care for people with dementia is set to nearly treble by 2040, increasing from £15.7billion to £45.4billion. Dementia is one of the main causes of disability later in life, ahead of cancer, cardiovascular disease and stroke. As a country we spend much less on dementia than on these other conditions. There is no cure for Alzheimer's disease or any other type of dementia. Dementia research is desperately underfunded. For every person living with dementia, the annual cost to the UK economy is over £30,000 and yet only £90 is spent on dementia research each year. There are not enough researchers and clinicians joining the fight against dementia. Five times fewer researchers choose to work on dementia than on cancer. 16
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Maddy Bunn
Walking for Alzeimer's On 18 December 2021, I completed my walking challenge in London ( with my Mum alongside me), to raise money for Alzheimer's Research UK, because my Grandma died last year of this horrible disease. We started at Putney Bridge and ended at Tower Bridge. In total we walked 29km, in 6 hours.
photos with our Alzheimer's research Uk T-shirts and banner.
When I had finished, as a surprise my Grandad and Uncle were waiting for me, we took lots of
I am so proud at what I have completed and the amount of money raised.
My grand total raised is £3225.
I wish to thank everyone who donated and supported me with this challenge.
