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Some progress
Mum’s carers have been visiting for a week now. The review is in a few hours and we’re invited. The fact that medication went to Level 2 within a day of the carers starting tells us that her care will...
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Mum’s saga cont’d
Another meeting is arranged tomorrow, this time with the psychiatric nurse connected to the local council’s Adult care Team. I spoke with her on the phone about Mum’s continued forgetfulness and also...
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Head now slightly above water (I think)
The last few weeks have been difficult. The onset of Mum’s dementia has been gradual. We know this now after reflecting on the last two years. One thing we’ve learned is how canny people are when their...
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The saga of Mum’s dementia is, of course, ongoing. Being properly nourished and hydrated and medicated, we can now see exactly where she is. Primarily, we find ourselves dealing with her canny nature...
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Misty water coloured memories
Mum’s progress into dementia is slow and grinding. Her spirit is still very strong but we notice gaps all the time now. Four times a day folk come into her house, log in using a freephone number,...
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So glad he’s mine
Posted this on facebook 3 years ago. “So, my son has a disability. Do I constantly mourn the boy and man he won’t be? Or do I celebrate his amazing personality? Do I compare him every day to boys of...
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Throw a few more spuds in the pot
We’ve moved on a little in the Dementia saga. Mum has settled to her new regime of carer visits four times a day. Initially these were done by an assessment team who have handed the case over to an...
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On we jolly well go
Once again I have been remiss in posting to this site and once again I apologise. However, life is for living, not just writing about. Mum’s dementia is heartbreaking in it’s ability to steadily...
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Tippy Tap
It concerns me that people around me are becoming more and more dependant on social media. Time moves on I get that, and this is how we communicate now but the ability to message folk wherever they are...
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False Alarm
We got a call from Mum’s carer this morning to say they couldn’t gain access. Fearing the worst, we dutifully hotfooted it down to the house. The carer was inside and Mum was sitting in her bathrobe...
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Long day
Ah the joys…. Mu rang with a shopping list when we were with Ashley in the doctor’s. We said we’d ring back… At home we phoned only to be cut short. Later, we phoned again and were cut short. She went...
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Nil nisi bonum
I’ve been churning out this blog for almost thirteen years now (on various platforms) and in this time I have lost several friends and relatives (to death, not because of the dullness of the writing)...
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The Long Goodbye
Mum phoned today to, once again, tell us that she has had no care visitors or medication for days now. She asked directly for the combination to the safe where we keep her meds. We went to see her and...
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DAYBOOK ENTRY
Once again I’ve filched this format from my epal Mushy Cloud Looking Out of my window sunshine at last and broken branches of trees curtesy of Storm Doris as she busied herself hurling bins around the...
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Parents
The whole Parentood “deal” has been on my mind recently what with Mum’s demise. Next door brought home their newborn yesterday. They’ve called her Frankie. I agreed to let the delivery men in with what...
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Memories
Today was Mum’s memory assessment. We arrived early at Mum’s house because she’d called us the night before asking if the visitors would be rummaging in her bedroom or wanting to look at bank...
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Dementia Plateau
Mum’s decline has, for the moment, reaching a plateau. Although she is adamant that her care doesn’t happen ( despite written evidence to the contrary) she is bright and jolly and chats with anyone who...
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Life without the internet
I’ve been watching Scorpions on Net.flix and one of the storylines ahs the internet being sabotaged. The group of geniuses manage to fix things and catch the baddy but it did get me thinking. If...
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