Author Archives: Maureen
West Suffolk: Husband’s love helps keep Dorothy’s dementia at bay
Brian Atkinson and his wife Dorothy are backing our Forget Me Not campaign
Emma Brennan West Suffolk chief reporter
emma.brennan@archant.co.uk
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
10:00 AM
During the past six years of their long and happy marriage, that promise has certainly been put to the test after Mrs Atkinson was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2008.
Two years later, the condition developed into Lewy bodies (DLB), a type of dementia that shares symptoms with both Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Since then her memory has been deteriorating progressively.
Mr Atkinson, 86, who is supporting our Forget-Me-Not campaign for West Suffolk Hospital, said: “Dorothy can remember family history and things like that, but not what happened two hours ago.
Help for carers across Lancashire
Unpaid carers across Lancashire are being helped to get fit and healthy.
18th March 2014 10.07
Lancashire County Council, in partnership with district councils and local leisure trusts, has produced a “passport to leisure” card specifically for carers.
The cards are available to anyone in Lancashire who looks after or provides help to someone with an illness or a disability who couldn’t manage on a day-to-day basis without that additional support.
The aim is to give carers’ health and wellbeing a boost by offering discounts on leisure activities across the county.
Carers can use the card to enjoy reduced charges for activities such as swimming, golf, racquet sports, gym and Zumba.
Family’s fury as 60 different carers visit in 30 months
‘DIABOLICAL’: Stroke patient 84-year-old Audrey Arundel from Ossett. PIC: Jonathan Gawthorpe