Not just an inconvenience

For most people, the clocks changing this weekend provides a temporary inconvenience of an hour's less sleep.

By The Newsroom

Published 25th Mar 2016, 06:17 BST

Updated 25th Mar 2016, 06:22 BST

However, for many of the 67,630 people with dementia in Yorkshire and the Humber it can affect their sleep routines and may lead to them waking at the wrong time or struggling to get to sleep.

Disrupted sleep is just one of the many challenges people with dementia and their carers face.

Perhaps your readers would consider joining the 1.4 million people who have become Dementia Friends. Visit dementiafriends.org.uk

Judith King

Alzheimer’s Society regional operations manager for Yorkshire & the Humber