Tag: dementia
-
RideLondon Training Update #1
Very nearly one year ago I joined a big family group to do the Memory Walk in Sutton to raise money for Alzheimer’s Society. We were walking in memory of my Dad who suffered from Pick’s Disease, a form of Dementia. We had a great time and smashed our fundraising target, generating over £1,000 for…
-
Fight Dementia
On Saturday I’ll be going for a walk, and I need your help. With me will be – at least – sixteen members of my family, all doing the Alzheimer’s memory walk in remembrance of my Dad. Amazingly we’ve already beaten our target of raising £500 for the Alzheimer’s Society. The charity helps people with…
-
Talking about it, because it helps.
It’s my Dad’s birthday today – he’s reached 57. Now, I don’t usually talk about my Dad but as Linda Jones has helped me to understand a bit more, talking about it is good (check out Linda’s Someone Once Told Me). My Dad has Pick’s disease, a form of dementia that is very similar to…
-
The tablet that knows you’ve swallowed it
When my Dad – a sufferer of Pick’s Disease – was still living at home, there was always concern about whether he was remembering to take the many tablets he was prescribed. There were many times where he’d be trying to figure out which day it was and therefore which partition he should open on…