Paul Andrews

Running for Dementia - Update

Monday 10th Feb I've been running in the gym on the treadmill, trying to be consistent and get into the gym 4-5 times a week.  I'm looking at 5 - 6km on a standard run in my lunchtime break with a cooldown.  I'll try for a longer run at weekends.  I started out with a long run of 10km and 1.5km cooldown on 2nd Feb. but burnt myself out a bit on my run on Sat. 8th Feb and only managed 4.2km.   My dad has dementia (Alzheimer's but possibly with some vascular dementia too) and has a virus at the moment which is making his symptoms worse right now.  His memory has suffered but the major issue is his coordination, he finds depth perception and the location of objects difficult to process, this means he finds climbing stairs difficult, picking up objects, sitting down, dressing and so on. He often reaches for things and misses and is anxious about tripping/falling. He also has hallucinations seeing people or tings that aren't there. We have had some great support from Admiral nurses so i hope I can do my little bit to raise some money and awareness for them. Share