Anne-Marie Duff details brother Eddie’s shock early onset dementia diagnosis in his 40s ‘It was very sad’ the actor said.
Dementia is described as ‘young onset’ when symptoms develop before the age of 65, according to Dementia UK – the specialist dementia nurse charity.
Anne-Marie Duff has spoken out about her brother Eddie’s devastating diagnosis of young-onset dementia.
Young-onset dementia is often discovered late due to doctors attributing symptoms to the menopause or stress, experts at the Alzheimer’s Society have warned per The Sunday Times.
The actor was between performances at the National Theatre when her brother’s GP called her to tell her Eddie had experienced what appeared to be a panic attack and hadn’t known where he was.
