Peter McKnight: Alzheimer Cafes address dementia patients' isolation

For many people, a dementia diagnosis represents the end. Not the end of life, or even the end of quality of life.
But in contrast to other diseases, where a diagnosis is typically followed by a course of treatment and a deepening relationship with health care professionals, people with dementia often avoid further contact with the health care system, including their doctors. Indeed, a recent study from the University of Oxford found that 69 per cent of dementia patients remain unknown to their