Category Archives: looking after Mum

New Digs

Posted on August 11, 2025 by thepogblog

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 →

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‘Our Place’; an alternative reality

Posted on July 4, 2025 by thepogblog

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 →

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Reflections

Posted on July 3, 2025 by thepogblog

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 →

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Corned Beef Hash pie

Posted on June 27, 2025 by thepogblog

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 →

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A few of the questions I have from the last few weeks *

Posted on June 20, 2025 by thepogblog

*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 →

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ID bracelets

Posted on June 12, 2025 by thepogblog

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 →

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The Leaf Blower Extraordinaire Tuesday

Posted on June 6, 2025 by thepogblog

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 →

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Where’s the grown up, please?

Posted on May 30, 2025 by thepogblog

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 →

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A pruning Tuesday

Posted on May 22, 2025 by thepogblog

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 →

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The random bits Tuesday

Posted on May 15, 2025 by thepogblog

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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