Sue Noakes felt her stomach drop as she read a letter delivering the most devastating news - she had early-onset dementia. 'I don't think you ever really come to terms with it,' she told the Daily Mail, speaking to support the Defeating Dementia campaign with Alzheimer's Society. You never know that you're going to get it, so you can't prepare, and it's rife. You don't know how you'll be with dementia.' 'And you're fretting, you're worried, you're frightened, and so that's taking up precious mental space that you don't need to have.

Source: Daily Mail January 13, 2026 12:44 UTC