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Articles from the 'The Inadvertent Carer' Category

Looking after elderly parents and in-laws in poor health

Monday

Monday

Monday Same chaos, different day. On Lesley's task list for the day were booking an appointment with our GP,...

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Sunday

Sunday

Sunday My first visit to Lesley's dad's new home today. Only it's not going to be referred to as The Home after...

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Wednesday

Wednesday

Wednesday While Lesley had been keeping her sister up to date of yesterday's developments, I had been updating our...

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Tuesday

Tuesday

Tuesday Today was supposed to have been a relatively clear day so I arranged to collect Mum's ashes from the funeral...

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Monday

Monday

Monday Lesley had a much more settled day today and was buoyed by the feeling that more people are supporting her and...

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Sunday

Sunday

Sunday Taking The Dog on a long, wet and dirty walk was the order of the day today as Lesley was determined to get to...

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Saturday

Saturday

Saturday The Dog's morning walk was dominated by a conversation - a post mortem - on the decision to move Lesley's dad...

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Thursday

Thursday

Thursday A trip to hospital in Oxford for Lesley's dad today for his rescheduled MRI scan. "I've had no sleep again."...

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Wednesday

Wednesday

Wednesday The riverbank is waking up after the winter and the floodwater has receded enough for The Dog to cheekily...

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