Conditions such as Alzheimer’s are a scourge of modern times as more and more of us live to a great age thanks to medical advances.
Nobody reading her account of the strain her 84-year-old father is under as his wife’s full time carer can think our society provides sufficient support to affected families.
One day scientists will find effective medical remedies. Until they do the challenge for politicians is to find a way to take some of the load off families unfortunate enough to be directly hit.
