Dementia is an umbrella term for neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, and it is affecting an increasing number of people in the UK. According to available data, nearly one million people in the UK live with a form of the condition, the most common being Alzheimer’s disease . Numbers are predicted to grow in the coming years. With this in mind, experts and scientists worldwide are developing treatments aimed at slowing dementia and, one day, curing it altogether. However, as a cure is