Liz Ayre & her two daughters are making sure that their loving Father & husband, Mike, is more than a memory by campaigning & raising awareness for the disease that took Mike from them at the young age of 51. This week we speak to Liz, a phenomenal women, who cared for her husband when he was diagnosed at 46 with young onset Alzheimer’s, whilst living abroad and bringing up two teenage daughters. She shares her story with the Collective, and we find out what little support is around for families caring for their loved ones with dementia. Our Book Collective begins Bella Mackie’s brilliant first novel, How to Kill Your Family and we announce our Stir it up November Foodie. There’s a new WI from one of the Collective which happily does not involve us taking our clothes off! Our guest Liz Ayre shares her story of caring for her loved ones with Dementia. Dementia is the umbrella term for over 200 forms of changes in, memory, thinking or reasoning, within that umbrella term sits Alzheimer’s. Liz nursed both her husband with young onset Alzheimer’s, and her mother with, Dementia with Lewy bodies, whilst bringing up a young teenage family. We learn how friends become a much needed support system. Liz highlights the lack of funding for carers and we learn that specialist dementia nurses are available in certain areas, Admiral nurses, but they are completely funded by donations. We look at the government cuts to social care funding in the budget, and the desperate need for support for families. Liz is using her knowledge from her personal experiences to help others in the same position and she signposts to where you can find help. The Book Collective will start reading How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie, her first novel and it’s already dark but very funny. We start to read to chapter 7 on page 96. Have you heard of Stir it up Sunday? Nope neither had Lou, but Jinty explains this tradition is in preparation for Christmas, so this month’s foodie is all about using up food and also cooking to traditional family recipes! There’s a new WI from one of the Collective and it’s all about self-care, Nicky has started a new Venture, vegan candles, and we can’t wait to support her. Dementia support:https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/dementia-information/https://www.raredementiasupport.org/https://www.dementiauk.org/get-support/dementia-helpline-alzheimers-helpline/https://www.dementiauk.org/get-support/find-an-admiral-nurse/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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