They’re each talented performers in their own right, but they have something else in common apart from fame: They’ve all cared for partners with dementia
Trevor Peacock was a much loved star of the Vicar of Dibley. Now the 86 year old actor, who played bumbling Jim Trott in the hit comedy series, has vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s. Here his family reveal how they try to make every day count.
Newspaper headlines last week painted two very different images of the Monty Python star’s life with Frontotemporal Dementia. So which was the most accurate?
She’s the UK’s best known vegetarian cook, with more than 60 cookery books to her name and an MBE for services to vegetarian cooking. Here Rose Elliot, 71, reveals how she coped when her husband of 50 years was diagnosed with dementia.
Former EastEnders star John Partridge revealed last week that his mum is now in the final stages of dementia and that he’s struggling to find anything positive about the experience.
Last year, stand-up comic David Baddiel allowed a TV crew to film his dad Colin who has a rare form of dementia. The resulting documentary The Trouble with Dad was shown on Channel 4 this week, revealing the complicated truth about Frontotemporal dementia (also known as Pick’s disease).
Heart breaking scenes from last week’s Emmerdale, showing Ashley Thomas moving into a care home, have resonated with many families living with dementia.
They’re each talented performers in their own right, but they have something else in common apart from fame: They’ve all cared for partners with dementia
Trevor Peacock was a much loved star of the Vicar of Dibley. Now the 86 year old actor, who played bumbling Jim Trott in the hit comedy series, has vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s. Here his family reveal how they try to make every day count.
Newspaper headlines last week painted two very different images of the Monty Python star’s life with Frontotemporal Dementia. So which was the most accurate?
She’s the UK’s best known vegetarian cook, with more than 60 cookery books to her name and an MBE for services to vegetarian cooking. Here Rose Elliot, 71, reveals how she coped when her husband of 50 years was diagnosed with dementia.
Former EastEnders star John Partridge revealed last week that his mum is now in the final stages of dementia and that he’s struggling to find anything positive about the experience.
Last year, stand-up comic David Baddiel allowed a TV crew to film his dad Colin who has a rare form of dementia. The resulting documentary The Trouble with Dad was shown on Channel 4 this week, revealing the complicated truth about Frontotemporal dementia (also known as Pick’s disease).
Heart breaking scenes from last week’s Emmerdale, showing Ashley Thomas moving into a care home, have resonated with many families living with dementia.
They’re each talented performers in their own right, but they have something else in common apart from fame: They’ve all cared for partners with dementia
Trevor Peacock was a much loved star of the Vicar of Dibley. Now the 86 year old actor, who played bumbling Jim Trott in the hit comedy series, has vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s. Here his family reveal how they try to make every day count.
Newspaper headlines last week painted two very different images of the Monty Python star’s life with Frontotemporal Dementia. So which was the most accurate?
She’s the UK’s best known vegetarian cook, with more than 60 cookery books to her name and an MBE for services to vegetarian cooking. Here Rose Elliot, 71, reveals how she coped when her husband of 50 years was diagnosed with dementia.
Former EastEnders star John Partridge revealed last week that his mum is now in the final stages of dementia and that he’s struggling to find anything positive about the experience.
Last year, stand-up comic David Baddiel allowed a TV crew to film his dad Colin who has a rare form of dementia. The resulting documentary The Trouble with Dad was shown on Channel 4 this week, revealing the complicated truth about Frontotemporal dementia (also known as Pick’s disease).
Heart breaking scenes from last week’s Emmerdale, showing Ashley Thomas moving into a care home, have resonated with many families living with dementia.