Conditions: Dementia

Wears: Sports Band

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MedicAlert x The McLay Dementia Trust

Tommy is enrolled in the Herbert Protocol provided by MedicAlert for people living with dementia or other cognitive and memory loss conditions. MedicAlert has partnered with The McLay Dementia Trust to provide one year free MedicAlert membership with automatic enrollment into the Safe and Found Programme. If you want to find out more or want to fill in an application form to apply to this programme, please click below.

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Tommy was diagnosed with young-onset dementia in 2011, he shares his story about his diagnosis, living for the present and how MedicAlert has given him back his freedom…

"It’s not the end of your life - it's the start of a new life."

Tommy was initially misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder. It took nine months to get a second opinion. After numerous tests and scans, it was confirmed that he did not have bipolar disorder, but rather young-onset dementia - Alzheimer’s. He was only 58 years old at this time.

It took Tommy about 3 years to really come to terms with his new life.

"I do grieve for the person I used to be, but the only thing I can do anything about now is the present."

Tommy is an avid writer for the Dementia Diaries, he believes the best way to truly understand this condition is to hear it from the people who live with it every day.

Tommy joined MedicAlert and has since become an ambassador for dementia. Tommy actively promotes the use of the Herbert Protocol, he knows his information is stored with the MedicAlert Safe and Found Programme which gives him peace of mind.

"It’s such a simple thing, yet such a great idea. It gives me a feeling of safety."