Summary
THIS week's decision by the broadcaster John Suchet to speak out about living with - and not coping with - his wife Bonnie's dementia resulted in a moving and courageous account of living with disease. A youthful man of 64, he was losing, he raged, not a parent or a grandparent but "my life partner, the love of my life".
Prior to her diagnosis three years ago, he'd had the rest of their lives "mapped out together", certain they'd end their days "in each others arms, a bit of Beethoven in the background". Now, he almost wept, Bonnie no longer called him darling or sweetheart, but John.See the full content of this document
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The Real Tragedy of Living with Dementia
"'Thank you so much, John, ' she will say.
I have gone from being her lover to her principal carer".He talked about the "wonderful" nurse who helped him cope at home. Ian Weatherhe...See the full content of this document
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