'It's like watching a child' - Wife of Alzheimer's patient in desperate plea as Brexit set to delay new drug
The wife of a man who has Alzheimer's has told how she believes a new wonder drug set to be delayed for use in Scotland would have "meant the world" to a family like hers.
Since then Robert, 67, has seen a deterioration in his condition which means he is often unable to remember his wife and children’s names, has seen his mobility and speech deteriorate and has left him incontinent. Robert used to play in a band but can no longer remember how to play guitar and his favourite pastime of running is no longer possible.
Val now needs the help of carers, but her son, Leigh, 35, who lives nearby, and daughter, Beth, 26, who has returned from living in Canada, also assist her. But in a major blow to the hopes of thousands of Scots whose loved ones are suffering from Alzheimer’s, she added: “Brexit will hold it back. It will first of all go to America with the FDA and then it will go to Europe. And only then it will come to the UK. Because we are now out of the EU we will be lower down the list for getting access to a drug like that.”
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