When Janet Pontin's husband Keith started to to forget things, she put it down to him simply getting older. When he began to struggle to finish sentences or muddle his way through a story, she put it down to stress at work.
But as this behaviour gradually worsened, she knew she couldn't keep her concerns at the back of her mind anymore. She had known deep down for a while that her husband of nearly 35 years was ill, but like so many others in her situation was fearful of facing the grim reality.
Keith - a former footballer for Cardiff City and Wales - had dementia. A combative central defender in his day, having put his body for his team on countless occasions, his career had caught up with him almost 25 years after his retirement, as he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2015 at the age of 59.
