Dementia Awareness Month | A personal story

Janine Watson
Updated September 22 2017 - 12:47pm, first published 10:38am
William Ryan was a wardsman at the Port Macquarie Hospital for many years.  He is pictured here with his daughter Rebecca Tenley who supported him throughout his two-year battle with the disease.
William Ryan was a wardsman at the Port Macquarie Hospital for many years. He is pictured here with his daughter Rebecca Tenley who supported him throughout his two-year battle with the disease.

Port Macquarie’s Rebecca Tenley watched as her father William Ryan succumbed to dementia over a two year period.

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Janine Watson

Janine Watson

NSW North digital journalist

Group digital journalist for the NSW Mid North Coast covering Forster to Bellingen, Wauchope and beyond.

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