A woman who became her mum's full-time carer at 20 has said she wants to share her story to help others feel “less alone”.
Young onset dementia left Amy Lambert's mum incontinent and unable to feed, wash, or dress herself and likened it to “looking after a child”. Amy said she wants to share her story to help others feel “less alone”.
Amy's late mum and “best friend” Sarah, a “bubbly and outgoing” teaching assistant, received a life-changing diagnosis when she was just 47. She was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia - specifically Pick’s disease - which is a rare form of dementia that affects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. Sarah quickly went from being an independent woman, to fully incontinent and unable to dress herself.
