GB News: Alastair Stewart announcing his dementia diagnosis
Alastair Stewart was every inch the doting grandad in new family pictures shared on social media this week.
The GB News host and his daughter Clementine shared snaps of them and the children during a gathering in the half-term holidays.
In one picture, Alastair, 71, was all smiles for the camera as he cradled his new baby grandson Tommy.
Another showed his daughter gushing over the latest addition to the family.
The adorable snaps prompted many Twitter (X) users to leave a comment.
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One wrote of Clementine’s post: “The gorgeous little baby looks a lot like your lovely dad.”
A second commented: “Grandpa and Daddy’s darling little bundle sweet pics.”
“You’re such a happy granddad. What a lovely picture,” a third added.
Another wrote: “Lovely to see. Enjoy your growing family. Precious moments that they treasure with you.”
Alastair shares his daughter and three sons Freddie, Oscar, and Alexander with his long-term wife Sally Ann Jung.
Last month, he expressed concerns for his spouse becoming his carer after announcing he had early-onset vascular dementia.
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Speaking to Camilla Tominey on her show, the broadcaster said he started feeling “a bit discombobulated” about six to nine months ago and decided to get checked out.
He explained: “I wasn’t becoming forgetful but things like doing your shoelaces properly – that’s how I wear these lovely moccasins now – making sure your tie was straight, remembering that the call time for your programme is four o’clock and not five o’clock, not turning up early or late, and stuff like that.”
Alastair told his GP he was “really worried” that he might have dementia and was swiftly put forward for a scan.
He recalled: “I had a scan and it was like a scene from Casualty or Emergency Ward 10, because the results came back and I had indeed had a series of minor strokes that are called infarct strokes.
“Not the big one … it’s like peppershots. The cumulative effect of that was that I had a diagnosis of early onset vascular dementia.”
Alastair said the most difficult thing to deal with out of it all was the impact it was having on Sally.
“We’ve been married for nearly half a century, and, you know, your life partner, your lover, all of those descriptions that are personal and intimate, that person is reduced – I choose my words very carefully – almost to a carer,” he added.
As stated by the NHS, different types of dementia can affect people differently and everyone will experience symptoms in their own way.
Typical symptoms include; memory loss, difficulty concentrating, finding it hard to carry out familiar daily tasks, struggling to follow a conversation or find the right word, getting confused and mood changes.
With Alastair’s type of dementia, sufferers can experience problems with their mental abilities
It is caused by reduced blood flow to the brain, and is estimated to affect around 180,000 people in the UK, the health website adds.
The symptoms can start suddenly or gradually. They tend to get worse over time, although treatment can help slow this down.
For help and support, you can visit the Alzheimer’s Society here.
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