This year I kept a journal (most of the time!) of mum’s dementia journey. I wanted to remember the good and also learn from when times were hard.  Reading it back makes me realise how much has changed in just one year. Limited mobility but more freedom Mum started this year being able to stand […]

I’ve been inspired by so many carers sharing details of their week that it prompted me to write this post. So here goes, one day in my real carer’s week. Monday I’m woken by mum calling for me through the baby monitor I’d set up, the alarm was set for 7am but mum was up

At some point, I think every carer will go through a stage where there loved one with dementia will say “I want to go home”. Sundowning My mum has Alzheimer’s, initially, she started to repeatedly ask to go home in the early evening/night time and after doing some research we learnt about “sundowning“. Sundowning is

I didn’t recognise myself as a carer for a very long time. I just got on with it. I left my job when my mum became too ill, and saw it as my responsibility to look after her, just as she had looked after me. So the question is are you a carer? The Decision