but then, three days later, we get an urgent call from bill. thank you for coming. ..so we ve come straight back to see him. wouldn t be anywhere else, mate. so sorry. it s the saddest news. jo is gravely ill. there is more to life than this disease. look beyond it. look at the person who you love so dearly. my special girl. this was meant to be a new chapter. i ve only got one thing on my mind, jeremy, and that sjo. she s got a couple of days left. i don t intend moving from her side. that s where i belong. christine is here to help. you ve got everybody here who loves you. bev and the staff here have set up a bed for bill right next tojo. you re safe, but you know something? if you re ready to go. ..let go, because i ll be ok.
yeah. surrounded by love and memories. all of us, we really missjo. she had real presence. the raised eyebrow, the wry smile, her sense of humor. she was a brave and admirable woman. it was honest and loving care. care that meant so much. a tribute that bill wanted bev to hear. an absolutely unequivocal, huge thank you. i owe my life to bev. i may well not have been here now talking to you, had it not been for her. to me, she s just an absolute star. i feel really humbled by what i listened to there. i always feel i should do my very best every day for the people that need us. thank you for being so kind
hi, bev. you re on speakerphone. confirmation from the regulator that the room forjo can now be used. bill, we re ready when you re ready. 0k. is this a green light now? yes. sojo can move into that room? yes. brilliant. it s a game changer. huge relief, but heartbreak too. i ve kind of built up to this moment, but when someone says it out loud, i m devastated. because it s real? yeah. and. i don t know what to do. well, i know what i have to do. i don t have a choice. but. it s so hard. it s so hard. moving jo here, into residential care, means she s less likely to need a costly hospital bed, and bev says she s ready to do more to relieve pressure on the nhs.
had it not been for her. to me, she s just an absolute star. i feel really humbled by what i listened to there. i always feel i should do my very best every day for the people that need us. thank you for being so kind and saying those wonderful words. i won t ever forget them. thank you. my pleasure. bill is now looking ahead. whatever i do going forward will be done injo s name, and it has to bejo s legacy. ..committed to change, so thatjo didn t die in vain. i m surejo s looking down on me now saying, you have one job to do, and that s to drive the dementia agenda forward. don t you dare fail at this. that isn t an option. so bill s teamed up with bev, the boss at dementia matters.