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Sian Traynor

Edinburgh woman desperate to help gran after 'difficult' dementia diagnosis

An Edinburgh woman has taken on the challenge of four huge wild charity swims after her gran was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Kirstin Maclaren, 23, has committed to the series of huge physical exertions, with the final lengths to be a 10km swim across Loch Morlich in September.

Desperate to aid her chosen charity, Alzheimer's Scotland, Kirstin told Edinburgh Live that the organisation have done incredible work supporting people such as her gran, Margo, 77, who was diagnosed in 2020.

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