Can I say bye to Dad?
Hayley鈥檚 25 and a self-confessed Disney obsessive. Her dad has a rare form of dementia, and his illness is having an impact on whether she takes her dream job.
Hayley is a self-confessed Disney addict and at 25 is adamant it鈥檚 not just for kids 鈥� regularly posting on her YouTube channel about her love for it all.
She was working at Disney World in Florida when she got a call to say her 60-year-old dad has a rare form of dementia. Two years on and his condition has worsened at a time when Hayley is thinking about moving back to the US.
鈥淚 have to treat him as two separate people - my dad is gone but Kevin is still here. I love the old him so much but he's now hard to love.鈥�
Over the course of a year we hear how Hayley deals with her dad鈥檚 decline 鈥� something she finds hard for her friends to relate to - as she battles with the decision of whether or not to go back to her dream job.
If she goes it could be the last time she sees her dad. Can she say goodbye to him?
Producer: Daniel Rosney
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