I lost my mum to Alzheimer's 4 years ago, I can still remember her saying to me that she didn't know what she was doing and how scared it made her feel. Now my father is also suffering with Alzheimer's, and I'm watching him slowly go through the same decline. It's an awful disease that hopefully greater awareness will lead to better treatment for both Alzheimer's and those effected with it.

I am supporting Dementia UK through my late husband Peter Thomas Roby who passed away on 8th March this year.

Obsessed by Penguins but going to the Antarctic is very expensive so I did no go.
Then my good friend got early onset Alzheimer's.
He did not know me and I realised that we get only so much life and should buses it the best we can.
So I went.
Now I realise I may be in the early stages but I have my pictures to help me remember.

My husband started to shows signs of memory loss 3 years ago, when he couldn't remember going on holiday with friends. Then it was little things every day. He refused to acknowledge his memory lapses, and would argue. If he didn't remember, then it didn't happen. I contacted our local memory clinic and they sent for a scan, which showed there was some changes in his brain. They diagnosed Mild Cognitive Impairment and short term memory loss. It's something we've both had to adapt to, me more than him. There are a lot of things I can't ask him to do anymore because he'll forget. I now do everything for him. He puts things away in the wrong place, even though they've never been anywhere else. He doesn't cook for himself anymore, I have to ensure he eats. Hes become withdrawn and doesn't like to go out anymore, although I make him meet his friends once a week. His condition hasn't got seriously worse, but there are little changes. He was always easy going by nature, if a little thoughtless, but now is prone to the odd flashes of temper. It's just a matter of taking each day as it comes, and telling myself not to get angry when he behaves this way. Our daughters are a good help and our little great grandson is a joy to him, even though he can't look after him for more than an hour or so as he is a lively little boy

My Mum’s worst fear was getting Alzheimer’s & did everything to keep her mind active. She was diagnosed in 2008 and passed away in 2018. Specialist said she had a slow progression until 2016 it was full on. I looked after her (an only child) until I had no choice but to put her in a care home specialising in Dementia Care. I hated doing it but my own mental health was suffering so that’s what I did. I lost the Mum I had always knew to this terrible disease. It just wasn’t her towards the end! I don’t donate as much as I would like to but every little helps to fight this awful illness.

My mother-in-law My Sister Bettboo passed away before christmas died of Dementia and at present my Brother Albert has Dementia the last of my 7 siblings So Sad.You hold on to the good memories as hard as you can

I was shocked when I was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2024 age 66. I am aware of being different and certainly being treated differently because of this and hate that I am no longer independent. I'm live in fear of the future and I'm giving because I want to contribute to others not having to go through what I am going through.