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Articles from the ‘The Inadvertent Carer’ Category

Looking after elderly parents and in-laws in poor health

Nursing Home

Wednesday

Wednesday We let The Dog choose the route for her main walk of the day. Unsurprisingly, she chose to go to the river…

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Nursing Home

Tuesday

Tuesday Having a Mental Health Day yesterday had given me the chance to catch up on the task of clearing my email…

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Woodland Walk

Monday

Monday Given how sleepy she was yesterday, I was sufficiently confident that Mum would be asleep all day today to feel…

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Nursing Home

Sunday

Sunday Yet another long day for Lesley at her dad’s today. There were more final preparations to be one before…

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Nursing Home

Saturday

Saturday We received a copy of the report that was produced following Lesley’s dad’s recent visit to …

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Nursing Home

Friday

Friday There was a scheduled visit to Lesley’s dad in the running order today. Just a quick, last-minute  check…

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Nursing Home

Thursday

Thursday When I pulled up in the car park at The Home today I could see a resident assisting one of the maintenance…

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Nursing Home

Wednesday

Wednesday Mum had obviously just woken up when I arrived at The Home this afternoon. That’s two and a half days…

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Our Hound

Tuesday

Tuesday Mum had been sufficiently sleepy yesterday for me to feel confident that she’d be totally unresponsive…

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