alzheimers Archive

Making Alzheimer’s more acceptable

Terry Pratchett died last week.  We pay tribute to his brilliant books but more so for his bravery in making public his struggle with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. He was diagnosed in 2007. He called his disease ‘an

The lady in the mirror

Following on from mum’s delusion that dad keeps visiting her in her flat and sleeping in her chair, one day last week she found a new friend. My sister called her and had the strangest conversation… Mum