Letter of the week
IT was with sadness I read of the death of Gladys Dolder (Journal January 23), but also with much gratitude for her life. My guess is that she was one of the un-sung heroes of Lowestoft.
IT was with sadness I read of the death of Gladys Dolder (Journal January 23), but also with much gratitude for her life. My guess is that she was one of the un-sung heroes of Lowestoft.
I first knew Gladys 20 years ago. At that time I knew practically nothing about dementia and even less about the new role I had suddenly taken on board as the carer of a patient with Alzheimer's.
Luckily for me, and many others subsequently throughout Waveney Gladys, herself a carer, together with her two friends Hazel and Jean, decided that a branch of the Alzheimer's Society was desperately needed in Lowestoft.
I know I write on behalf of so many other people over the years who have felt supported in their caring role as a result of the determination, hard work, commitment and empathy which turned Glaydys Dolder and her friends into the founder members of the current Lowestoft and Waveney Alzheimer's branch.
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PAULINE ELLIOTT
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