Unnamed donor steps in to get Maureen a bath

Friday 28th January 2011, 2:29PM GMT.

Maureen and Charlie Pengelley with their newly-fitted bath. Maureen has Alzheimer’s and was afraid of using the shower. The Guernsey Alzheimer’s Association helped get the bath fitted after an anonymous donor covered most of the cost. (Picture by Tom Tardif, 1082006)

A WOMAN suffering from Alzheimer’s has been able to bath properly in her own home for the first time in three years after the Guernsey Alzheimer’s Association arranged to have a bath installed.

Maureen Pengelley, 74, is frightened of water going over her head and refused to use the shower, meaning her husband Charlie had to resort to washing her hair in the kitchen sink.

The couple were twice turned down by the Social Security Department for a grant to install a bath, but the Guernsey Alzheimer’s Association stepped in after seeing their story in the Guernsey Press.

Mr Pengelley, also 74, said the bath had increased the quality of life for him and his wife.