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Articles from the 'The Inadvertent Carer' Category

Looking after elderly parents and in-laws in poor health

Monday

Monday

Monday Mum was sound asleep this afternoon. Snoring loudly and absolutely unresponsive. She'd missed the live...

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Sunday

Sunday

Sunday I categorised the visit as a clear 'All The Other People In The Room Are More Entertaining Than You Are'...

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Saturday

Saturday

Saturday Standard repartee was exchanged with Audrey on arrival at The Home. Interesting to note that Eleanor always...

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Friday

Friday

Friday On arrival at The Home there was the normal light-hearted banter with Audrey as I passed through the rear...

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Thursday

Thursday

Thursday I stopped off at The Home on my way home from the gym today. Bit of a roller-coaster visit. Mum's speech was...

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Wednesday

Wednesday

Wednesday Mum was more awake than I expected this afternoon but that wasn't saying much. She came to at the second...

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Tuesday

Tuesday

Tuesday I got no response at all from Mum today but she hadn't been totally asleep the entire time. She'd been awake...

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Monday

Monday

Monday Mum was sound asleep and totally unresponsive this evening. I reckoned Mum had been asleep all day given the...

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Sunday

Sunday

Sunday Eldest Sister stepped in to do The Visit today and brought all three of her kids with her. The first thing mum...

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