Alastair Stewart shared candidly about his life with vascular dementia on Wednesday's BBC Breakfast with his wife Sally. The renowned former ITV News anchor, 72, opened up about the challenges since his early onset vascular diagnosis in 2019, highlighting the impact on his day-to-day living. On the show, he opened up about the condition, saying: "My professional life is okay, I still do a bit for GB News, they're very supportive.
" He added: "It's my private life and my life at home that is chaotic, so for example coming to see you guys this morning. She [Sally] had to do my tie, she has to make sure that the braces are okay on the suit and that it all matches, hangs together." Expressing the toll it takes, he continued: "It's more than discombobulating, which is a good word I like to use, it's demeaning for me, it's slightly demeaning for her as well.
She becomes a carer after half a century of marriage!", reports the Express . When it came to discussing how she manages, Sally admitted: "It's hard work, it's frustrating, it's quite depressing sometimes but we try and find humour in it all. It's not easy, you're not trained to do it, you just have to make it up as you go along!" Recalling the onset of concerns regarding her husband's health, Sally explained: "It was probably about two years around now, he was just doing things strangely at home, leaving lights on, which doesn't sound a big deal but for someone who's obsessed with turning lights off.
"He couldn't tell the time .