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Articles from the 'The Inadvertent Carer' Category

Looking after elderly parents and in-laws in poor health

Thursday

Thursday

Thursday Mum seemed to be getting back on the right track today. She wasn't entirely comfortable but she was awake,...

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Sunday

Sunday

Sunday The MoT was due on my car this week and my car hadn't moved off the drive since mum moved down here. Being a...

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Tuesday

Tuesday

Tuesday Sue did the afternoon visit today and WhatsApped me as she was leaving. "Mum's asked me to bring the dog next...

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Monday

Monday

Monday I nearly got away with a very short visit at lunchtime. It took 3 attempts at waking Mum up before she knew I...

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Friday

Friday

Friday Big day today. The team at The Home had asked me to be around from 11-ish as they were going to have another go...

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Wednesday

Wednesday

Wednesday Bit of a mixed bag today. Mum remembered that Lesley had been to the dentist (that was last Thursday) and...

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Tuesday

Tuesday

Tuesday This was a bit of a weird visit. Mum was more talkative but made less sense. She was also less clear about...

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Friday

Friday

Friday The stroke rehab ward at The Hospital called me at mid-day to say that Mum had left the ward with her discharge...

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Thursday

Thursday

Thursday There had been another staff rotation on the stroke rehab ward and yet another new doctor came to speak to...

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