Floral tributes are laid outside house where ‘dementia-hit’ grandmother, 85, was mauled to death

Floral tributes have today been left outside the house where a ‘dementia-hit’ grandmother was mauled to death by two escaped dogs.    Neighbours on the street in Birmingham where the 85-year-old was killed yesterday spoke of their shock this morning, as police continued to cordon off the property.  The victim suffered fatal injuries when the ‘dangerously … Read more

Before and after photos of dementia-hit grandfather, 89, show toll of lockdown

The family of a great-grandfather have shared heartbreaking images of him one year apart to highlight the cruel effect a year of separation is having on care home residents. Photos of dementia-hit John Ross, 89, show the dreadful impact that isolation from to Covid can have.   The former engineer has been living in a care home … Read more

Wife reunited with dementia-hit husband just minutes before he died 

A devastated wife has spoken of her ‘deep sadness’ at being reunited with her dementia-hit husband just minutes before he died. Susan Ogden had desperately wanted to hold her husband Peter’s hand following nine months of separation due to the coronavirus pandemic. But when the moment they were reunited finally arrived on New Year’s Day, it … Read more

Woman ‘heartbroken’ after care home visit to see her dementia-hit husband is cancelled

A pensioner has been left ‘heartbroken’ after her dementia-struck husband’s care home cancelled her first visit to see him since March. Susan Ogden, 73, was given just a day’s notice that she wouldn’t able to see her husband of 50 years Peter, 72, because coronavirus rates nationally were rising. Mrs Ogden, a retired teacher from North … Read more