The need for care & support

He had had dementia for some years now, but only stopped driving a year ago, after driving his car into the bush and needing to be triangulated using the ‘find my iPhone’ app. 　The police, after six hours of telling … Continue reading →

My Grandfather is 86 yo & my Grandmother is 83 yo, both happily married and have been so for about 63 years. Old Gramps has prostate cancer & poor Grandma has Alzheimer’s Disease. For this reason we are unable to … Continue reading →

My story begins with my parents, my father had Alzheimer’s and his change was very sad to see although I could see the change in him my siblings were too busy to notice. He had other health problems by which … Continue reading →

Michael grew up in the South-West of England, living in the fishing villages of Cornwall and Devon.  He enjoyed an active outdoor life. A natural ability in art took him to art college, which was then interrupted by his conscription … Continue reading →

My husband was diagnosed 4 years ago with Alzheimer’s as a result of my noticing speech repetition patterns developing over a period of a few months. There are some excellent services available to people suffering from this dreadful disease but … Continue reading →

Diagnosis: Grace Edwards was born 4/2/1927, she was diagnosed with dementia at Casey Hospital October 2007 after an operation at Dandenong Hospital to remove gallstones, gallbladder and repair a hernia. It was previously a gradual diminution of memory over several … Continue reading →

I care for my wife Margaret. Diagnosis- Official diagnosis by Professor Woodward approx. 8 years ago after 18 months of tests at Aust/ Repat. Hospital.  Medication prescribed- Aricept which helped for a number of years but now has minimal effect. … Continue reading →