“If only the powers that be could walk in my shoes, just for a day, and witness what is required in the care of a loved one with this disease”- Dorothy Mooney
“Forty two years ago my husband Eric came into my life. He loved and cared not only for my sons and me, but for my late parents too. Then, nine years ago, the insidious disease that is Alzheimer’s made an appearance in our lives. I am caring for someone who bears no resemblance to the man I married with one exception, I believe he stills feels and understands love. Besides experiencing the emotional, psychological and loneliness of caring I also bear the brunt of it physically, but as a carer your pain and needs go on the back burner. More effort must be put into acquiring additional supports for carers and their loved ones and most crucially more funding must go towards scientific research in support of dementia. We have got to think of future families.”
