The one sentence that will change dementia patients’ lives | Rose George

Seeing a job advert for an Admiral nurse in Wakefield was an emotional experience for me, as it goes very close to home

There is plenty about dementia that makes me choke. My dad died of it four years ago and it’s still raw enough to upset. I can’t watch any dementia-themed film, even if Julianne Moore is in it. But today I’ve choked up for a different reason.

Since my father’s death, my mother, Sheila Wainwright, has been a tenacious campaigner and fundraiser. She wants to ensure that people don’t have the same bewildering, inadequate “care” that we had.

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