I am a member of an NT Carers Group, one of a number who look after denentia impacted people. My wife has dementia.

Through an exercise at yesterday’s meeting I discovered that I am the oldest member of the group.

Yes indeed, I am a very, very old person.

That has made me feel myself to be a person under the cloud hovering over the heads of those who are in the ‘ancient of days’ phase of life.

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