‘I was dealt a terminal prognosis at age 23’ – young dementia campaigner on disease that has claimed 12 members of his family

‘I was dealt a terminal prognosis at age 23’ – young dementia campaigner on disease that has claimed 12 members of his family

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When most of his friends were out playing football, deciding on potential universities and dreaming up travel plans, teenager Jordan Adams was caring for his mother, who was slowly succumbing to a degenerative brain disease, frontotemporal dementia (FTD).