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Family devotion By KYLIE WILSON
INSPIRED JOURNEY:
Gabby Simmonds, pictured with brother Barry and their Mum Gwenda, will don her running shoes later next month to raise awareness of Barry’s battle with early onset dementia.
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LESS than a decade ago, former Wangaratta man Barry Woodward seemed to have it all. Married with two young children, and a thriving career as a general manager of a national company, he was also building his dream family home. “It should have been the best time of his life,” said Barry’s sister, Gabby Simmonds, from her Wangaratta home. But unexpectedly and inexplicably, his behavior began to change, and the normally reserved and laidback Barry became obsessive and was behaving out of character. His worried family sought answers, and four years ago this month, received the sobering news he was suffering frontotemporal dementia - a type of Younger Onset Dementia (YOD). “Within three years he deteriorated so rapidly that he is now in permanent care in the dementia ward in an aged care facility, unable to talk,” said Gabby. The 45 year old’s parents Gwenda and Phillip, and siblings Marc, Craig and Gabby, want to see more age-appropriate and family friendly facilities built for those with YOD. And they’ll be rallying for that cause, raising money and awareness of Barry’s condition when they compete, as Team Barry, in The Age Melbourne Run on July 21. continued page |
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