City Walkers Make Sure Those with Alzheimer's Will Not Be Forgotten ; As the Sun Shone Down On Markeaton Park On Saturday, Scores of People Gathered to Take Part in the Alzheimer's Society's Memory Walk 2009 - Many in Memory of a Loved One Who Had Suffered From the Disease. Kelly Elliott Reports.

Derby Evening Telegraph › September 15, 2009

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WHEN Mavis Keetley was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease her whole family pulled together, helping care for the 78-year-old until her death last year.

On Saturday they came together once again - this time to remember their beloved sister, mother, aunt and grandmother, by taking part in the Derby Memory Walk.

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City Walkers Make Sure Those with Alzheimer's Will Not Be Forgotten ; As the Sun Shone Down On Markeaton Park On Saturday, Scores of People Gathered to Take Part in the Alzheimer's Society's Memory Walk 2009 - Many in Memory of a Loved One Who Had Suffered From the Disease. Kelly Elliott Reports.

Held for the second time, the Alzheimer's Society event attracted 200 people, all keen to raise awareness of the illness as well as funds for research.

Among those taking part were Mavi...

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