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In 2007 Tara Brown had the pleasure of meeting young Hayley Okines, who was diagnosed with a rare ageing disease called Progeria.
Hayley Okines, who has campaigned to raise awareness of the rare genetic condition Progeria, has died at the age of 17. Report by Ashley Fudge.
26 kwi 2021 · James Routh's moving observational film follows Hayley Okines, one of forty children in the world suffering from Progeria, a disease which means she ages thirty times faster that normal. This...
We featured Hayley Okines a number of times on this programme - a young woman who faced the difficulties life threw at her with a great deal of humour...
Sadly she died earlier this month and her funeral was held today. Her condition caused her to age prematurely. Hayley reached the age of 17, several years longer than many people with progeria ever do.
Hayley Leanne Okines (3 December 1997 – 2 April 2015) was an English author and activist who was a sufferer of the extremely rare aging disease progeria. [3] [4] She was known for spreading awareness of the condition.
3 kwi 2015 · The death of Hayley Okines, from Bexhill, in East Sussex, who became known as the "100-year-old teenager", was announced by her mother Kerry on her Facebook page.
