Category Archives: looking after Mum
New Digs
It’s been just over a month since I last wrote here, but it feels more like a year. How else can so much have happened? the big thing though, is this: Mum has new digs. She now lives in a … Continue reading
‘Our Place’; an alternative reality
I used to think dementia was very much about people forgetting. Words, places, people and more. We realised a good while back that for Mum it’s also about some sort of alternative reality that is based on nothing other than … Continue reading
Reflections
It turns out that there is so much about demential that you don’t know you don’t know. Like that moment when your Mum doesn’t seem to recognise her own reflection. We’d been looking at videos and photos and I realised … Continue reading
Corned Beef Hash pie
Tuesday this week was…well, I think it’s best to pretend that it didn’t happen. But there was one small success. I invented the Corned Beef Hash Pie (maybe not actually invented, but I’d not heard of it and definitely not … Continue reading
A few of the questions I have from the last few weeks *
*Some I’ve found answers for, some are hypothetical and some…we’ll just never know. 🤷♀️ Why do you have to fight for a medical person to see your Dad and then three turn up at once? (Ok, three in 8 days, … Continue reading
ID bracelets
This one is a practical one that might help someone else. We kicked ourselves for not thinking of it as it’s pretty bloomin’ obvious, but it took my father-in-law (thanks Pops!) to suggest it. Pops had seen ID bracelets for … Continue reading
The Leaf Blower Extraordinaire Tuesday
The new jobs are coming thick and fast now. This Tuesday I became Fixer of Bracelets (I’ll do another post on that as it’s a useful one and deserves a spot on Muddled Life Resources) and Leaf Blower Extraordinaire***. Mum … Continue reading
Where’s the grown up, please?
This week we had a bonus visit as Sister 1 and 2 went on holiday. So Mr R came down at the weekend and was the muscle on Mums outing, and while we did avoid the kicker argument (thanks to … Continue reading
A pruning Tuesday
My Tuesday posts tend to focus on Mum. This is mostly because it’s Mum I’m actively doing stuff with so Dad can have a few hours of (mostly) uninterrupted rest. And partly because Dad reads the blog (hi Dad! 👋🏻) … Continue reading
The random bits Tuesday
This Tuesday my new and slightly unexpected job was…wait for it…mattress surgeon: (New mattresses have now been identified, negotiated, ordered and will be delivered on the Tuesday I have my mattress receiving … Continue reading
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