“…There has been a notable rise in UK dementia diagnoses since the launch of a National Dementia Strategy in 2009 (Donegan et al, ), increasing by 50% since 2012 (Department of Health, ). There were estimated to be 850,000 people with dementia in the UK by 2015 (Prince et al, ) including over 40,000 individuals under 65 (Roach, Keedy, Bee & Williams, ). NI has the highest per capita percentage of dementia diagnoses (Donegan et al, ), with there being at least 23,000 diagnosed (Dementia Together NI, ) and approximately 7,000 undiagnosed (Mynes & Byrne McCullough, ).…”