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December 6, 2017 Susan Elkin

Spelling out trouble

Alzheimer’s, they tell us, is progressive brain cell death. Over a course of time the total brain size shrinks because the tissue...

November 22, 2017 Susan Elkin

Bags of worry

When My Loved One first started to lose things Big Time – keys, credit cards, phone, rail card, wet wipes, pens and...

November 15, 2017 Susan Elkin

Respect, research and realism

We’ve been discharged by our consultant. No, that isn’t the royal we. The three of us – My Loved One, Ms Alzheimer’s...

October 25, 2017 Susan Elkin

You never know where you are with Ms A

Alzheimer’s is an unpredictable business. Last Friday I left the house at noon to interview an author in North London. Then I...

October 18, 2017 Susan Elkin

Health and the c-word

I am now a carer. Or so they tell me. Thanks Ms Horrible Alzheimer’s. You have forced something onto my CV which...