We were privileged at our Partners Meeting to listen to Denise Lintern MBE talk about life with her husband Stan. Stan has Alzheimer’s Disease and for 13 years now he has needed full 24hr care for every function of his life. Denise provides this fully in their own home. She is totally devoted to Stan and is determined to live as normal life with her family as is possible. Denise is the third speaker I have arranged in our programme to come and “tell it as it is’. We previously had young Claire in her wheelchair and then my son Stuart who spoke about our little Grace. I believe that this is important in anty Rotary programme and so far it has been very well received. It does ensure a quiet and attentive audience however.
We also welcomed this evening DGE Scaria Jose from Kerala India and his wife Sumam. Both very dedicated Rotarians who have been hosted by Dawn Patrol and were also guests at the conference.
A good evening slightly marred by a catering cock up. We are onto this one – poor communication within the Oakwood set up meant that the chef was not prepared for a salad buffet so not enough quiche! Severe complaints from a couple of members who I hope were able to put it all into perspective once they had listened to Denise! We even had a call for a change of venue?! Ahhhhhhhhhh!