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Articles from the 'The Inadvertent Carer' Category

Looking after elderly parents and in-laws in poor health

Friday

Friday

Friday It took me a couple of attempts to get any sort of response out of Mum this evening. Her first reaction? "Can I...

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Thursday

Thursday

Thursday Mum was back in familiar territory today. She was very talkative and spoke more clearly than she'd done in...

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Wednesday

Wednesday

Wednesday I didn't have a lot of good news to tell the family about my visit to Mum today. The good bit was that she...

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Tuesday

Tuesday

Tuesday The day started with another early message from Lesley's dad's carer. Dad was especially weak and wobbly first...

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Monday

Monday

Monday We started the day with a message from Lesley's dad's carer. It was a photo of a step ladder leaning...

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Sunday

Sunday

Sunday Eldest Sister stepped up with Youngest Son to visit Mum today. After the frenetic day we'd had yesterday it was...

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Saturday

Saturday

Saturday Lesley's dad was the main focus today. For all of us. I volunteered to drive us over to him. Lesley isn't...

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Friday

Friday

Friday I didn't visit Mum today. The Black Dog has got me. No, I don't mean this one. I should've been out to see how...

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Thursday

Thursday

Thursday Lesley's dad's carer this morning was the lady he knows from his day centre. Unlike the guys that I know, she...

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