Elisabeth Anderson

A stranger to oneself

Wendy Mitchell was diagnosed at the age of 58. Three years on, she still manages to make something positive of her condition

issue 10 February 2018

Wendy Mitchell was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 58, three years ago. At the time, she was a non-clinical team leader in the NHS, managing rosters for hundreds of nurses and keeping much of the information stored in her head. She lived in York and had brought up two much-loved daughters on her own.

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