The latest data suggest almost 71,000 people in the UK are currently living with young-onset dementia a rise of 69 per cent from the some 29,000 young-onset dementia patients recorded in 2014.
Lorraine Kelly and the Loose Women hosts paid their tributes to Birds Of A Feather star Pauline Quirke after her dementia diagnosis was revealed on Tuesday.
Best friends from the age of ten, Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson were inseparable growing up. At a performing arts school in North London in the 1970s, both girls dreamed of becoming stars.
Pauline, 65, is set to 'step away from all commercial and professional duties,' her spouse revealed in a statement, after she was first diagnosed with the disease in 2021.
As Birds of a Feather star Pauline Quirke is diagnosed with early-onset disease, experts reveal the earliest signs you should watch out for in a vulnerable friend or relative.