Oct 26, 2021
In this second part of our conversation about living with dementia ,with Otto still listening, and making his presence heard, May talks about the loss of communication with Douglas and how she felt they had lost much of the laughter in their lives. As Douglas had lost interest in many of the things he had loved...
Oct 25, 2021
Douglas Barbour who died last year, and his wife May lived with Alzheimer's Dementia for many years. In this podcast May describes noticing early changes in Douglas's memory and how these changes affected their lives. May's background in nursing as well as volunteering at the local day centre meant she had a bit...
Sep 2, 2021
In this podcast May discusses using her diary and used it to remember what she has done this week She finds it very important to record what she will be doing from day to day and would be quite lost without it May also describes how she became aware of her memory problems and explains how she moved back to Edinburgh...
Aug 4, 2021
This is a conversation with Robert Hogg whose wife Sophie was featured in an earlier podcast. Robert tells us a little about his background, meeting Sophie, and his work as a lorry driver. He describes their reaction to Sophie's diagnosis of vascular dementia and how this made Sophie feel very anxious about the...
Jul 23, 2021
In this short conversation May Hoare tells us about her time boarding at Dollar Academy. May's parents were from Scotland and she was born in Blantyre Malawi. Aged11 she and her older sister were sent to boarding school in Fife as both grandmothers lived nearby. Beyond the classroom and lessons May remembers with...