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21 Sep 2021 - Alzheimer's Society Northern Ireland Conference 2021 - Registration now open

Event Date: 
2021-09-21

What: Alzheimer's Society Northern Ireland conference: Future of Dementia - Better together

Where: Online event

When: 21 September 2021, 12.30 - 16.30

Registration is now open for Alzheimer's Society Northern Ireland conference: Future of Dementia - Better together.

Join us on Tuesday 21 September (World Alzheimer's Day) where we will be joined by Department of Health Minister Robin Swann MLA.

The coronavirus pandemic is having a devastating impact around the world. In Northern Ireland, people affected by dementia have been hardest hit and our fragmented social care system has been exposed for all to see.

In Northern Ireland, care home residents accounted for 51% of all COVID-19 related deaths, compared to 50% in Scotland, 39% in England and 34% in Wales. NISRA have confirmed that over a third of all deaths in Northern Ireland relating to the virus were people with dementia.

To read more see the Alzheimer's Society website and to register click here.