Carers Stories
"There does come a time when only professionals are capable of looking after dementia sufferers..."
"People think that Alzheimer's is only a question of forgetfulness or repetitive questioning, but it's so very much more..."
"I don’t know how long the road is or how many hurdles I have to jump over or even how high they are, but I will always be there with my fantastic memories of our life together..."
"I cared for my husband for nine years and during that time I slept with one ear open..."
"I suddenly realised it wasn’t that love had dried up. It wasn’t that he really hated me. He had an actual illness, a disease..."
"Someone in [WLCG] has been through it before you and can help guide those new at this..."
"WLCG has provided me with a healing, gentle space where sharing is the only medicine and where we can put our energies into lobbying for respite so that the carers' road may be less stressful in the future..."
"Trying to make a difference to the world to ensure that the stigma of dementia is lifted, and they can remain part of their community for longer, feeling accepted as they were before the onset of their condition..."
"Where she would once have tried to “correct him”, she now accepts “meeting each day with no expectations”..."