Why I moved into my wife’s nursing home… even though I was healthy and working: Maggie was diagnosed with dementia at just 60. Now, her partner MICHAEL MASLINSKI reveals poignant reason why he joined her in care

I would never describe myself as a romantic hero. So I am always surprised how much it amazes people that at the age of 63, I moved into a Hertfordshire care home to be with my wife, then 64, who had advanced dementia.

For four nights a week, for more than nine years, I lived with her inside the care system, while continuing to work part-time in London.

The why was easy: why ever would I not? My love for her was unchanged by her diagnosis. We were soulmates; no-one understood each other as well as we did. If Maggie was no

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