On becoming my grandmother
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my paternal grandparents, William and Dorothy Hillyer. Universally known as Dolly and to me as...
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my paternal grandparents, William and Dorothy Hillyer. Universally known as Dolly and to me as...
Money, money, money … managing it gets ever more difficult when you have destructive, unhelpful Ms Alzheimer’s as your new partner. Like...
One of the things I miss most in my new hard-to-adjust-to, Alzheimer’s-polluted marriage, is companionable walks. We used to walk miles together....
Most people get it. I’ve written before about the kind consideration My Loved One – Ms Alzheimer’s glowering menacingly over his shoulder...
We seem to be morphing into a box-ticking case study. Whenever an Alzheimer’s patient is “assessed” (like being back in the classroom)...
One of the hardest things about life with Ms Alzheimer’s, as she slowly but ruthlessly tightens her grip, is recognising and accepting...
Readers of these blogs, who don’t know me in person, often kindly tell me what a patient, kind and loving person I...
This Friday (21 September) is World Alzheimer’s Day. September is, in fact, World Alzheimer’s Month with this one day as the focus....