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Articles from the 'The Inadvertent Carer' Category

Looking after elderly parents and in-laws in poor health

Tuesday

Tuesday

Tuesday Mum was awake today. Awake and miserable.  Sean was just finishing giving her her tea when I arrived. Weetabix...

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Monday

Monday

Monday Mum was slightly more awake than she'd been yesterday. That's not saying much though. That was a very, very low...

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Sunday

Sunday

Sunday Mum was sound asleep today. She did stir when I went in but I'm not 100% certain she knew who it was. She...

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Thursday

Thursday

Thursday Mum often laughs at how everyone knows me at The Home. It took an added dimension this evening. I'd stopped...

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Wednesday

Wednesday

Wednesday I was very late getting to mum this evening. The whole home seemed to be agitated though. Pauline had her...

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Tuesday

Tuesday

Tuesday Juliette called me this afternoon to follow up on the email I sent last night. Mum has confirmed that she has...

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Monday

Monday

Monday Juliette was just Standard Busy rather than Manic Busy when I got to The Home. She said she was OK though and...

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Sunday

Sunday

Sunday Brother and his wife did The Visit today. I think, and this view comes with a 'citation needed' flag attached,...

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Saturday

Saturday

Saturday "Good evening Audrey! I do apologise for being so terribly late." "Any time!" she replied cheerily. I carried...

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