“My caring role isn't so much task-driven. Kevin can do all the things like brushing his teeth, getting dressed, everything like that. It's Kevin's spatial awareness that’s mixed up so there are lots of little dangers that he needs me to look out for and support him with.”
Helena, from Kanturk, Ireland, is married to Kevin (60), who was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia, a degenerative disease of the brain that affects behaviour, cognition, movement and the regulation of automatic bodily functions, 7 years ago.