If work is no longer possible, there will be an important gap in the filling of your week. John, a 50-year-old with Alzheimer’s, says: “Don’t bother me, I’ll entertain myself. I’m busy with movies and the computer, but I’m alone more often than I used to. The kids have their own lives and my woman works. I was not eager to go to a daytime activity, but now that I have found it in a sporting challenge, I notice that Friday sports day does me good.”
Young people with dementia: ‘Everyone around me continues and I stand still’
