Personal stories

Gareth reflects on the challenges of caring for a partner with young onset dementia.

After getting a diagnosis aged 52, a face-to-face appointment with an Admiral Nurse helped change Andy's perspective.

Jane talks about the difficult decision to move her husband – living with young onset dementia – into a care home.

Friends Johnnie, Dirk and Stefan rowed 4,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean to raise funds for families facing dementia.

Tracy's husband Steve has Lewy body dementia, Tracy talks about support they've received from Admiral Nurse Liz.

Rob's shares his story of partner Jayne, who experienced behavioural changes after a car accident and was diagnosed with dementia...

John’s wife Linda was diagnosed with young onset Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 53. They have been supported by...

Maq was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2010 at the age of 54. Here he reflects on how the condition...

George was diagnosed with mixed dementia in 2014 at the age of 62 and has spent much of the last...

Amy shares how she, her younger sister Chloe, and their dad Rob cared for her mum who was diagnosed with...

Elizabeth Perry started her social enterprise, This is Dementia, to tackle public stigma around her dad’s condition. Her mom explains...

Jennifer – diagnosed with young onset Alzheimer’s disease aged 63 – talks about coping strategies in order to maintain her independence.