Families caring for dementia patients in UK reaching crisis point, says charity

Exclusive: Many exhausted relatives asking for help as health and social care services stretched beyond limit

Soaring numbers of families struggling to care for someone with dementia have hit a “crisis point” with nowhere to turn for help when their loved one puts themselves or others at risk of harm, a charity has said.

More than 700,000 people in the UK look after a relative with dementia. Many feel they can no longer cope with alarming situations where they or their relative are at immediate risk of being harmed, according to Dementia UK.

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