My mum was such a lovely person, so kind, loving, talented, creative and just the best mum to me and my brother  – in her early 60’s she was diagnosed with vascular dementia and slowly over the subsequent years she deteriorated to the point that for the last 5 years of her life she was a body in a bed and she couldn’t communicate in anyway.  She finally died when she was 74 but dementia took her away long before that.

Aaron’s Granny also suffered this awful disease so I’m also walking and fund raising in her memory.

Getting dementia is my biggest fear in life, it’s a slow terminal death and having seen my mum go through it I really feel for anyone that has relatives or friends that are in the same position.   There are far too many people that have dementia and the situation seems to be getting worse.

We need to do more research to help stop or at least slow down the symptoms of dementia and that’s why I’m walking 50KM for the Alzheimer’s Society.  If you can, however small, please donate and help me raise as much money as possible.

Thank you

Alzheimer’s Society is transforming the landscape of dementia forever.Until the day we find a cure, we will create a society where those affected by dementia are supported and accepted, able to live in their community without fear or prejudice.