A woman who became her mother’s full-time carer at 20 and likened it to “looking after a child” after early onset dementia left her incontinent and unable to feed, wash, or dress herself has said she wants to share her story to help others feel “less alone”.
Amy Lambert’s late mother and “best friend” Sarah, a “bubbly and outgoing” teaching assistant, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) – a rare form of dementia that affects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain – at the age of 47.
