Tricia Blakstad obituary

In 2020 and 2021, listeners to Radio 4’s Today programme were given regular updates on my mother Tricia Blakstad’s descent into dementia, exacerbated by the isolation imposed by lockdown. Though her husband, Michael, was regularly interviewed about her story, she had no idea she had become a national talking point.When Tricia, who has died aged 81, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2019, Michael already had Parkinson’s. The couple moved to a retirement village, bu