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"Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye." Bereavement Care, 35(3), pp. 92–93
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Rachael Dixey
Rachael Dixey looked after her civil partner Irene after she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in 2004. After Irene's death nine years later, Rachael gathered together diary entries and her reflections on their experiences into a book: Our dementia diary: Irene, Alzheimer's and me. In this article Rachael reflects on the slow, ambiguous and multiple losses that come with a diagnosis of dementia.