Less than a year ago, we lost my grandpa, Tony, to a devastating disease. The truth is, this isn’t a disease that could ‘never happen to me’. It touches us all. As our population grows and ages, our health and social care services struggle, you don’t need to be sick or a loved one to be affected.

I prefer to choose photos of Tony “in his prime" for this page. It’s incredible to see the difference.

Alzheimer’s Society are working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. They do this by giving help to those living with dementia today and by providing hope for the future by campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be and funding ground-breaking research.