Jessie
Diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2018, my mother Jessie had to deal with the effects of her illness and then, aged 99, with her diagnosis of Covid in hospital, isolated from her family. The one thing that matters to Jessie now is contact with her loved ones, including her first great grand daughter Ivy, who she has never yet been permitted to hold. Now that Jessie is facing palliative care, she is finally allowed face to face visits, though sadly this seems like too little too late.