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People with dementia are being cheated out of at least £100 million, Alzheimer’s Society reveals via People with dementia short [...]

How awful to live in those brief moments of remembrance, of recognition that your mind is no longer your own. To awaken into consciousness and find yourself trapped into torturous pathways of mindless, muddled repetition. To find that logic make no sense; that life no longer has meaning.

The aroma of coffee rises from the mug on the table and calms me. For a while I reflect on my thoughts … and find them fearful. Oh, that’s Irrational of course and unwarranted; yet tangible for all that.

Who then am I? Worker, Father, Son and Husband, All these and so much more. And everything fragmented in tiny [...]

Nestling in her purse this weeks instalment
Of the pension her husband earned,
God rest his mouldering soul.

Soon, you too remember,
A very different journey -
A younger couple.