Viewers rush to praise 'insightful', 'emotional' Emmerdale dementia special

A confused Ashley Thomas leaves the hospital and makes his way out onto the streets alone in Emmerdale, dementia — As he gets out onto the busy streets he's confused as to what he's doing and where he is.

Emmerdale fans have called Tuesday's episode based around dementia sufferer Ashley Thomas an award-winner

Viewers have been lavishly praising both Emmerdale and actor John Middleton for the portrayal of dementia in a special one-off episode.

Tuesday night’s emotional programme followed a day in the life of long-running character Ashley Thomas, who has been battling with stroke-related early onset vascular dementia.

As viewers watched him struggle to understand his surroundings and recognise the people and places around him, they took to Twitter to show their appreciation of how the condition was shown.

Sadly, different forms of dementia are not uncommon, and viewers who have experience of dealing with its effects were first to congratulate the programme.

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