Wrapping the parcel and securing it with tape, I remembered all the times I’d sat in this exact spot with my husband, Ian, while he did his best to help me to package up my customer orders. It had been two years since he passed away, but throwing myself into my business had given me the distraction I’d so badly needed.
It was 2015 when Ian, then 62, had been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia (LBD) – a condition similar to Parkinson’s dementia. For a long time, he’d been suffering with confusion, anxiety and memory loss, which had gradually got worse.
After his diagnosis, I'd quickly become his carer, and I’d had to watch as my capable and clever husband began to struggle with the simplest of things – from taking out the bins to changing the vacuum-cleaner bag.
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