Dementia was not anything that Peter Alexander was expected to diagnose in the late 40s.

This meant that he would quit his job and be suited for a new way of life.

Now, at the age of 56, Peter is often emotional about addressing the stigma around the condition associated with the elderly.

“I can’t always be able to express it in the same way, but I am still the same person I was, I am still inside Peter,” he told BBC News Ni.

Peter was 49 when he made an appointment with a neurologist and was sent for a scan.

Peter said, “I was starting to struggle to complete the deadline (at work), which had never had any problem before, and during meetings, I will not be able to think of a word while speaking,” Peter Said, which is originally from England but has been in Northern Ireland with his wife, Jill for many years.

“I remember the date very clearly, it was 14 January 2018 when the results came back and the doctor said: ‘Peter, I have diagnosed you to be a frontotemporal dementia’.

“I was originally told that working for me was no longer safe because I have reduced the decision and I was losing my filter, so there was a lot to be favorable.”

Frontotampral dementia There is an abnormal type of dementia that causes problems with behavior and language.

“People think that when you have dementia, it is only about forgetting things, but it is more complex, it can appear in various ways.

“I do not want to behave differently, it is important that people really look at the person, look beyond the situation.

“It is sad for many people that the diagnosis can take a terrible time and it puts huge amount of pressure on the family unit.”

Demstress is a syndrome (a group of related symptoms) associated with the ongoing decline of brain functioning.

Memory los is one of the most common symptoms, especially struggle to remember recent events.

Others may include behavior, mood and change in personality, lost in familiar places, or unable to find the correct words in conversation.

This can reach the point where people do not know when they need to eat or drink.

• What are dementia and Alzheimer’s and how common are they?

According to the Alzheimer’s Society, more than 22,000 people are living in northern Ireland with dementia.

The number of people living with dementia in northern Ireland is expected to be almost tripled from 2051 to 60,000. The Southern Trust is expected to live with the position of most people by 2032.

While dementia is often seen as an aging disease, about 5% of people with dementia are classified as young-infant deranical dementia.

People whose symptoms began when they were under 65 years of age, often known as the dementia of young-prickly.

The Alzheimer’s Society estimates that more than 70,000 people in the UK live with young-informed dementia.

In recent months, Peter has made a film about his everyday life experience in association with others in North Ireland along with others living with dementia.

The documentary called the here inferior voice focuses mainly on the young people with young-informed dementia.

This provides a glimpse of what is like living with dementia, in the hope that it will create better understanding and sympathy.

Peter provided facilities throughout the film and narrated it.

He said, “Those who have dementia and to control the film to control the unique challenges we have to control the film,” he said.

The film stars Dementia Ni member.

The group was established in 2015 by five people living with dementia, but 10 years they now have 15 groups in Northern Ireland.

The groups worked with the southern and South Eastern Health Trusts, when listen is our voice project.

A advisor in the old age psychiatry at the Southern Trust, Dr. Christopher Southwell believes that the film promotes a powerful message.

“Monthiness is a condition that has a major impact on patients and their families and sometimes as health professionals we accept that there are things that can be better,” he said.

“When I joined and finally saw the film, it was important to me that I could tell Peter and others from behind the film that I hear your voice and take what you are saying.”

Members of Dementia Ni recently met Health Minister Mike Nesbit in Stormont.

He asked her to reduce the time it takes to get dementia diagnosis priority.

Shortly after the release of the film, in a statement, the Health Minister said: “I congratulate the trusts and dementia Ni to develop this powerful documentary, in which I have no doubt, support the people living with dementia To do

Karen Kerr is the head of engagement at dementia Ni.

He said: “Members are actually emotional about the importance of getting an initial diagnosis and once you get an initial diagnosis, it opens a lot of opportunities so that you continue to live well with a sense of purpose. Can keep and also what the film is trying to highlight.

“When you hear from people like Peter, I think it shows that people with dementia have a voice not only for themselves but also for everyone affected by dementia.”

Peter said: “When it comes to people like me, please do not write us, we have a voice, dementia does not define us.”