Warren Portsmouth with a plate of the lamingtons being sold for Alzheimer's awareness. Photo / Dean Purcell
When Warren Portsmouth was diagnosed with early-onset dementia five years ago, at 57, one of his biggest worries was forgetting his daughter Alana.
Now, the Auckland father-of-two chooses to focus on making every moment he has the "best and happiest" he can. However, Mr Portsmouth admitted things were not always
so easy.
He said the breaking point came when he was living with his daughter, Alana Portsmouth, in Auckland. He had been fired from jobs in Australia and struggled to find work in New Zealand.
Mr Portsmouth said it was a financially and emotionally tough time for both of them.
"One night, I just walked out and came back two days later when I calmed down."
