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Take Care, Son

Tony Husband

Hi Dad . . . can we have a chat about your dementia . . . Can you remember how it started?
When Ron Husband started to forget things - dates names appointments . . . daft things important things - it took a while to realise that this was 'a different form of forgetting'. But it was just the first sign of the illness that gradually took him away from the family he loved.

This is the touching illustrated story of Tony's father and how dementia slowly took him away from his family. The title is a reference to his last words to his son - on a day when Tony had spent the day in the care home with no sign of recognition. The book is framed as a chat between Tony and his dad who fades away through the last few pages of the book.

"... rather wonderful cartoon strips ... chronicling his father's dementia with loving charm and wit." Stephen Fry Twitter

Tony Husband

Gina Awad has been involved in making a difference for people living with dementia and their loved ones for over 10 years. As well as becoming the Alzheimer's Society's Dementia Friends Champion of the Year in 2016 and forming the Exeter Dementia Action Alliance she was also awarded a British Empire Medal for her voluntary services to people with dementia in Devon in 2018. Gina has a BSc in Health & Social Care is a qualified counsellor reflexologist and coach and gained great experience when she was awarded a scholarship to the Memory Bridge Training Retreat at The Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington Indiana. Gina has personal experience of family and friends living with dementia and hosts a quarterly radio show on Phonic 106.8 FM 'Living Better with Dementia'.

The illustrator Tony Husband is an award winning cartoonist who works for Private Eye and other publications. His book Take Care Son about his father's dementia led him into the dementia world.