Steve Johanson had a fierce and knowledgeable advocate at his side when he visited a hospital recently: his wife, Judy. In the six years since Steve had been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, [...]
I was 49 when I was first diagnosed with dementia. As a retired nurse, it’s the only disease I know of where you’re told to just go home and prepare to die [...]
My father is one of the good guys, a true gentleman and an exceptional husband and parent. But there is another part of him that is increasingly irritable and short tempered. I [...]
"I'm hungry, I'm starving." My mother would utter those words over and over every day. In the beginning I would inform her that she had just eaten (often true), that she could [...]
Simon’s 79-year-old father, Ted, has Alzheimer’s disease. Incredibly, but he ‘comes back’ when he sings with his son, if only for a few brief minutes. In the wonderful video below, Simon “Mac” [...]
A 15-year-old schoolboy has released a heartrending song in honour of his grandma, Maureen McGuinness, who is living with dementia. Harry Gardner from Essex, England wrote the song after he visited his [...]
One mama’s conversation with her Alzheimer’s-stricken grandmother teaches her a lesson about motherhood that she’ll never forget. I stood in the spacious hospital room next to my grandmother’s bed, shifting nervously from [...]
Peter, my precious little Shih Tzu puppy, was brown and white with enormous brown eyes; his tail never stopped wagging. I was so happy I'd chosen him. Actually, I didn't choose Peter. [...]
The much-loved author of the Discworld series has died aged 66. In this interview from 2013, he showed that he didn't shy away from life’s 'depressing stuff’. "Are we allowed to drink [...]
Diagnosed with Alzheimer's, Wendy Mitchell is adapting her life to compensate for the parts of her brain which aren't working as they used to, taking part in clinical trials and research, she [...]
