Brian Richards considers himself the president of the New Plymouth Lower Biting Lip Club. His wife of 59 years, Coral, is in care at Tainui Village because of Alzheimers while he lives [...]
The following is an excerpt from a series of articles written by two gentlemen living with Alzheimer's Disease, namely; Don Reddington and Jerry Bristol. "We — Don and Jerry — both have AD, and we have [...]
My mother is in the final stages of the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease. It is a brutal disease, no question about it. It’s known as one of our “most feared diseases” for [...]
We put a lot of faith in memory, perhaps too much. When someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, it’s almost easier to treat them as a lost cause – they’ve forfeited all claims to [...]
Darin Bolken is looking forward to having his father, Billy, over to his house for Father's Day dinner. "'We love having him over. Nothing has changed about that," he says. But a [...]
A paintbrush tells the story when words are absent, especially in the case where your loved one has a disease that erases more and more of their life memories over time. "They [...]
A BIG-HEARTED son whose mum has Alzheimer’s walked 1800 miles from St Andrews to Rome to raise cash to fight the condition. Peter Skelly’s mammoth solo trek – which lasted 200 days [...]
He still greets her, just the same. “Hey, beautiful,” Dr. John Gardner says to his wife. “Hey, handsome,” Emily Gardner says back. For more than 10 years, John, 85, has watched Alzheimer’s clear [...]
Ronnie Seymour died earlier this year from Alzheimer's Disease. His son Mark, who documented his father's decline through photographs, describes how playing a harmonica gave a brief reminder of the man they were [...]
