The son of a couple with Alzhéimer gives 90,000 signatures to live together in a residence: “I will not separate them”

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Desiderio and Soledad married in 1966. In Plasencia. Before that, they had been together for years. They have spent their lives side by side. In an unconditional way. So much so that neither the happy Alzhéimer , with whom both of them live together, has made them forget that this person they have next to is fundamental. Above names, which sometimes dance , of diffuse memories, know who their life partner is. This is how Joseph speaks of his par…

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After EL PAÍS collected the story of Desiderio Hernández and María Soledad Domínguez, his son took the support to the Junta de Extremadura to request that they not be evaluated as individuals but as a marriage.

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Alzheimer's prevents them from being aware of the present moment, but the right to a dignified end of life is the same as for everyone. The story of Desiderio and María Soledad has put the importance of care, greater attention to the elderly and greater resources that allow them to live the last years of their lives with the greatest dignity and quality possible, at the centre of the debate once again. For this reason, their son, José Hernández,…

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The story of Desiderio and María Soledad is one of those many love stories that were born at the dance, back in the 60s. A two-year courtship until they said "I do" in Plasencia, Extremadura. Three children, six grandchildren, a great-granddaughter and a whole life together that now a place in a nursing home could separate. Three years ago the life of this couple changed completely. The reason: an illness that began in her and soon after in him …