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Better than Ronaldo?

Sweet thoughts from a grandson. Grief affects us all — in different ways

Alan and Lena sizing one another up on their first date. The Holiday Inn, Abu Dhabi, 1981

Preface to ‘The Marathon Years’

Why this book? Why the title? Who are these people in love? And what’s the connection between dementia care and running a marathon?

It's very early in the morning. A clear blue ky reflected in the waters of a lake. There's a ragged wooden fence in the foreground. In the background, there's a heavily wooded island with trees glinting in the ring sun. A duck is flying across the water, heading from the shadow of the fence to the sunshine of the island.

Freedom

How will I use my new freedom? Will I make it back to a place in the sun? Can I help others feeling shut in by illness or age to get there too?

Annelie in Manchester Airport, with the purple holdall strapped round her neck, carrying the ashes on her stomach as if she was heavily pregnant.

Late for her own funeral

No funeral, we said, but a celebration of Lena’s life. But she almost doesn’t make it. Why are we laughing?

Lena and Alan pictured outside in a garden in 2015, with big smiles on their faces.

The Care Combine: from small seeds …

The Care Combine is a plan to re-imagine dementia care, to benefit those diagnosed, their carers, their families, and the NHS. This is how the idea began.

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