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'My husband finally got full-time care – he died a week later'
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- He was just taking his time, hands in pockets, like it was gloriously sunny.
- Jim was 44 when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, a progressive brain condition for which there is currently no cure.
- For Kirsty, it was an ongoing fight to get the additional support needed as his health worsened.
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Alix Hattenstone,BBC Englandand Jonathan Fagg,BBC England Data Unit Handout Kirsty says she did everything with her "toy boy" Jim Kirsty Parsons first realised something was not right when she spotted how her husband Jim was walking across an airport car park.
"It was a horrendous day, windy, horrible. He was just taking his time, hands in pockets, like it was gloriously sunny. No arm swing. The Parkinson's walk."
Jim was 44 when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, a progressive brain condition for which there is currently no cure. Kirsty, then 46, became an unpaid carer for the next 11 years.
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