After being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s in 2007, Terry Pratchett made considerable donations to Alzheimer research funding, lobbied the British government for increased dementia research, and participated in a documentary on the condition (Living With Alzheimer’s), before passing away earlier this month at 66.
Since then, Pratchett’s friends and family have encouraged well-wishers to support dementia research in his honor to incredible results, with BBC News reporting that the Research Institute For the Care of Older People (RICE) has received a “huge pledge” of donations since the author’s death (£50,515 and counting).
Pratchett’s relationship with the Institute started in 2008, when he was treated by its director, Professor Roy Jones. Jones described his patient as a “unique character,” saying
[Pratchett’s] courage in doing this (speaking out about his illness and raising awareness) has been an enormous help to everyone affected as well as to researchers trying to find a more effective treatment.
Donations to RICE in honor of Sir Terry can be made here.
(via Blastr)
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