ENZO Scafati has kept himself busy since losing the love of his life a year ago.
Yet even when spending hours helping cook chips at Inglewood football matches or running errands for other community groups, Enzo still misses wife Ros.
Her death last August, seven years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, has had the former publican and used car salesman heading to the recording studio in recent weeks.
Enzo enlisted the help of recording engineer Trevor Petrie to put down 14 tracks on a CD that will honour Ros and raise funds for the Australian Alzheimer’s Research Foundation.
“They’re songs from the heart, songs Ros loved and tunes many people will know,” he said in a break from recording the final three tracks at the weekend.
“I hope they’re songs that everybody will understand and like.”
Enzo will release his album on CD and USB key later this year “and I just hope we can raise some money for the foundation to assist in their work to find the cause of this horrible disease and save the lives of people we love”.
He said the first three or four years after Ros’ diagnosis had been alright.
“But then she started forgetting things although we still went for drives and she enjoyed that. 
“However, the last 12 months were horrendous - getting out of the house and then finding her wandering at 8.30 at night,” he said.
“It’s a terrible thing and if we can help just a teeny-weeny bit to find a cure that would be wonderful.”
Alzheimer’s disease affects up to one in 10 Australians over 65 years of age and three in 10 over 85 years.
“There’s so much support for the CD, people wanting to help with a very special project. I hope it sells,” Enzo said.