People with dementia ‘trapped in their homes’, report claims

More than 180,000 people with dementia feel trapped in their own homes according to a major new report from the Alzheimer’s Society. Figures compiled from interviews with 510 dementia patients and their carers for ‘Building dementia-friendly communities: A priority for everyone’ suggest that one in three people with dementia only leave their homes once a week and one in 10 get out just once a month. Jeremy Hughes, Chief Executive of the Alzheimer’s Society said: “It’s shocking and saddening that so many people with dementia feel trapped and cut off from everyday local life. It’s encouraging to see some communities have started on