Ruth Langsford describes father's 'devastating' Alzheimer's diagnosis at TRIC Awards

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Ruth Langsford stepped up to speak after her husband, GB News host Eamonn Holmes, was crowned the winner of the Best News Presenter trophy at the TRIC Awards.The emotional star filled her Instagram Stories page with fireworks as she posted the footage of his win, and of her taking to the stage herself to discuss one of the ceremony's nominated charities, which had a special place in her heart.Ruth admitted she knew how difficult Alzheimer's disease can be from personal experience, as her own father had succumbed to it."Thank you @tricawardsuk for choosing @alzheimerssoc as one of your nominated charities this year," she praised in her caption.Meanwhile, on stage she confessed: "When [my dad] was first diagnosed with Alzheimer's, we knew absolutely nothing about the devastating impact it would have on him - and all the family actually."That's why, for us, the Alzheimer's society stepped in."She had previously spoken out on the ordeal of caring for her beloved late father Dennis after his character changed and his health began to tragically deteriorate."Often family know something is wrong – you know your loved one more than the doctor," she confided to Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.“Don’t be told: ‘It’s just old age, everyone gets forgetful’," she urged, adding: "Dementia is so much more than that."She continued: "If your loved one is acting out of character that is often a sign."The hardest thing will be if he starts to forget who he is."She revealed that her mother Joan felt like a "prisoner in her own home" at times as she struggled with the challenges of caring for Dennis before his dementia-related death in 2012.The then 84-year-old had been living with the condition for 14 years, and, prior to his death,.