Do you have difficulties being a carer and getting a dentist?
It would be downright shocking for most to realize that the British are nefarious for having particularly bad teeth. Even though the living conditions in the country are contemporary, the dental care facility is not even anywhere close to a corresponding status.
How my mother became my child
How my mother became my child: It’s the challenge every adult fears… having to care for a parent with dementia
By Marianne Talbot
Last updated at 11:22 PM on 25th March 2011
When her mother Lesley was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2003, Marianne Talbot, then 47, agreed to become her main carer, giving up her independent life, while continuing to teach philosophy at Oxford University. This is the deeply moving story of their laughter and their pain . . . and the terrible dilemmas that more and more families have to confront in our ageing society.
Role reversal: Marianne Talbot as a baby with her mother, Lesley
Winter 2006
Of all our little rituals, getting Mum up in the morning is the one I enjoy most. I go into her room at about 8.40am, draw the curtains and sing: ‘Wakey, wakey, rise and shine!’ Mum mutters something and pulls the duvet closer. I lean over, kiss her and say: ‘Ten minutes, then I’m going to tip you out.’
Graeme loves this home so don’t shut it
Graeme loves this home so don’t shut it
HAPPY AT THE HOME Graeme Iverson
Published on Saturday 26 March 2011 09:00
CARERS have launched a fight to save a respite home which is under threat of closure.
Croft House in Fareham is one of three homes that Hampshire County Council is looking to close over the next two years in a bid to save £1.7m a year.
The council is looking to cut its total number of homes from nine to five by also merging two more homes.
