I've found this a difficult thread to read as it makes you realise how so many people have heartbreaking stories of losing loved one's to this awful disease.

My partners mother was diagnosed with Vascular Dementia 18 months ago. Despite great care she's declined at an alarming rate in the space of the last 4 months. On Friday she fell, broke her hip and is now in hospital covered in tubes, thin as a rake, mumbling and not recognising her daughter or son. She was once very involved in the local community, always there for people and someone who grabbed life in full. This weekend was the harsh reality that this probably is the end despite us all knowing there was never going to be a happy ending.

So sad to hear Ron Saunders is suffering. Another great Midlands football man I remember reading about was Ronnie Allen who suffered with Alzheimers. They had to put a sign on his room in the care home he was at, 'Home Dressing Room'. It's just so sad and unfair how this disease works.