Dementia: Britain's hidden army of 'unsupported' carers

Most are looking after husbands, wives, mothers, fathers or friends on a one-to-one basis, many with little support from elsewhere.

According to the survey, by The Alzheimer's Society, Britain's unseen army of 670,000 dementia carers is saving the country £8 billion a year.

But half of dementia sufferers thought their carers did not receive adequate support, found the charity.

It launched the report, Dementia 2012, as the Prime Minister promised to double annual research funding into the condition to £66 million by 2015.

The disease is thought to affect around 800,000 people across the UK, but only four in 10 people with dementia ever receive a formal diagnosis meaning many of them - and their carers - struggle on with no official support.

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