Overview
- In an interview with The Times, the 82-year-old said she would consider traveling to Dignitas if she were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
- She said she does not want her daughters to go through what she endured while caring for her father, Abraham.
- She described his decline as devastating, recalling moments when he no longer recognised her and calling the experience “crippling.”
- She outlined the daily pressures of caregiving, including bringing every meal and managing his refusal of outside help, before his death in 2000 at age 89.
- Citing research estimating 5.8 million unpaid UK carers, she urged carers to protect their own health and continues advocacy linked to her Alzheimer’s Society work.