In this deeply emotional episode, Beth sits down with close friend Kirsty Roebuck, who has faced the unimaginable - both of her parents were diagnosed with vascular dementia within 18 months of each other.
Kirsty opens up about the first signs that something wasn’t right with her dad and the grief of slowly losing both parents in different ways to the same disease.
She talks with heartbreaking honesty about denial, anger, guilt and the heavy responsibility that falls on families in caring roles.
From navigating care systems, to handling aggressive behaviour, to coping with anticipatory grief and the emotional toll of becoming “the parent” to your parents, this is a story that so many will sadly recognise.
But this episode is also full of love - love that continues even when dementia takes so much away.
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