battle with dementia continues, with wife recently revealing she received an unexpected call from a leading doctor. has been watching over her husband ever since he stepped away from the limelight after he was diagnosed with aphasia - a brain disorder that impairs language skills - in 2022. From there revealed that his condition has worsened, as he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023.
Now in a recent Instagram video, shared that she had a conversation with a doctor that highlighted the lack of support for caregivers like her. "I received a call from a very prominent doctor the other day, letting me know that he has a family who's just been diagnosed with young onset Alzheimer's, and they have three children aged 10, 12 and 14, and that he needs all of my resources, any contacts," she said in the video. "And I was like: 'Huh?'.
And I have the contacts, and nothing makes me happier than to be able to be of service and to support the next caregiver, which I happily passed on. "The thing that just boggles my mind is how do our doctors not already have a Rolodex of ways to support caregivers?' marveled. "The other thing that just is so upsetting to me is, when I receive messages from families that have just been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia or some type of dementia, and they're asking me for my resources.
"I'm not even in the same state as them, same city. "It's very hard to sort of pass on those resources, except to like the Association For Frontotemporal.
