Steph Booth: Alone without Tony, I need privacy to cry

I find it difficult to look people in the eye – I am afraid of finding sympathy there

Tony Booth: Actor and Tony Blair’s father-in-law

Obituary: Booth was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2004, while living in Ireland.

Unthinkable: Should we always put human rights first?

‘Empowerment is crucial for people with impaired capacity’ but it isn’t the only thing of value, says Prof Mary Donnelly

‘I know my husband better than anyone... Am I now playing God?’

Steph Booth on the huge love bringing tough choices. Will this be her last Christmas with Tony?

Steph Booth: ‘Tony is refusing to take his dementia medication’

Apart from force feeding him like a foie gras goose, there is nothing I can do

‘We are in a new phase of Tony’s dementia. He has to know where I am at all times’

Steph Booth: ‘I am sitting on the cellar steps. In the dark. Hiding ... Contemplating death seemed rational’

Married to Alzheimer’s: What keeps us together?

If I pick up Tony early from the day centre, he does not recognise me. There is no smile of recognition

Married to Alzheimer’s: Trip to Ireland evokes memories that have become Tony’s reality

Married to Alzheimer’s

I now find my husband less willing to engage with group activities

Married to Alzheimer’s: How much would I give to still be a wife and not increasingly a carer?

Married to Alzheimer’s disease

In the first of a series of articles for ‘The Irish Times’, Steph Booth explains how she struggled with the news that her husband, the actor Tony Booth, has Alzheimer’s disease