Less sleep

For most people, the clocks changing on March 27 provides a temporary inconvenience of an hour's less sleep.

By The Newsroom

Published 22nd Mar 2016, 08:17 BST

Updated 22nd Mar 2016, 08:21 BST

However, for many of the 1,200 people with dementia in Hartlepool, it can affect their sleep routines.

It 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 Mail readers would consider joining the 1.4million people who have become ‘dementia friends’ to learn more about the condition and the small ways they can help. Visit dementiafriends.org.uk.

Amanda Short,

Operations Manager, Durham and Tees Valley,

Alzheimer’s Society,

Newcastle