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# dementia carers

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'You're giving up everything and they don't want to get on with you. It was hard to bite my lip and keep going'

Over 180,000 people in Ireland are currently or have been carers for a family member or partner with dementia.

16.3k

Jun 17th 2017, 10:15 AM