As Jonathan Tulloch concludes in his excellent interview with Fr Michael McCarthy (“Healing spirit”, 29 August), dementia is reaching epidemic proportions and none of us can afford to ignore it. So often people with dementia and their families become excluded and marginalised. How can we make our churches more dementia-friendly, more inclusive? Growing Old Grace-fully, the charity working to raise awareness of the spiritual needs and gifts of older people, is pleased to report that Fr McCarthy will be leading an event on “Welcoming people with dementia” in the Diocese of Leeds on Saturday 12 September at St Aidan’s Parish Hall, 31 Baildon Road, Shipley BD17 6AQ. More details on www.growingoldgracefully.org.uk. As Tulloch states: “This is a story that ne