Sarah Merriman

Freelance Dementia Consultant

Sarah Merriman works as a Freelance Dementia Consultant. She has seven years of lived experience caring for her Nana with dementia. She also spent ten years working in the charity sector as Head of Campaigning and Influencing and then Service Development Lead for a dementia carers charity.

She has a special interest in young onset dementia having run a Young Onset Carers Peer to Peer Support Group for four years. She recently completed an MSc in Dementia Studies at Hull University and wrote her dissertation on the experiences of spousal caregivers of people with young onset dementia.

She continues to raise awareness and campaign for a more equitable world for those living with young onset dementia and their families.

She speaks frequently in both the media and in her blog about the issues affecting people living with young onset dementia. She also sits on the Greater Manchester ICS Young Onset Project Group.