Dementia UK has launched a film featuring Lewis and Euan talking about their experiences of their mum, Sarah’s, young onset frontotemporal dementia.
Sarah was diagnosed when Lewis was 19 and Euan was 9. They talk about how dementia changed their lives and how they are navigating grief.
You can watch the film below.
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