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Latest on Liverpool care pathway

Hello everyone ,well Mam continues to deteriorate the family try to get there daily I am traveling about a 40mile return journey and staying with Mam on...

Hello everyone ,well Mam continues to deteriorate the family try to get there da...

•6 years ago

not easy being a full time carer

I'm a full time carer to my husband and I must say I'm finding days very hard to cope with i get the mental abuse the huffing and puffing never wonts any...

I'm a full time carer to my husband and I must say I'm finding days very har...

•6 years ago

New member

Hi everyone. I'm new to this site and am very interested in how to help my mum cope with her knee pain and other ailments that have come along within a small...

Hi everyone. I'm new to this site and am very interested in how to help my mum c...

•6 years ago

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Liverpool care pathway

The doctors said there putting Mam on the Liverpool care pathway this Monday .she does have terminal lung cancer heart disease needs a pacemaker one kidney...

The doctors said there putting Mam on the Liverpool care pathway this Monday .sh...

•6 years ago

Tax Relief

Can I claim tax relief for top up fee which I pay directly to residential care home?

Can I claim tax relief for top up fee which I pay directly to residential care h...

•6 years ago

FEEL GOOD FRIDAY!

Good morning Folks! Feel Good Friday is here again! I can hear you say TGIF (Thank God it's Friday). This is a chance to tell about your week, your highs and...

Good morning Folks! Feel Good Friday is here again! I can hear you say TGIF (Tha...

•6 years ago

Carers Rights Day, 24 November

Tomorrow is Carers Rights Day - an annual awareness day designed to help carers understand their rights and ways to get the help and support to which they're...

Tomorrow is Carers Rights Day - an annual awareness day designed to help carers ...

•6 years ago

Spinal Adhesive Arachnoiditis

I am new to this site, finding my way around I have had the above problem for many years. Had 3 Surgeries, and use crutches to get around. Walking any...

I am new to this site, finding my way around I have had the above problem for ma...

•6 years ago

Borderline dementia

How would you define 'borderline dementia' ? It has been suggested as a diagnosis without any specific tests and on the interpretation or hearsay from a...

How would you define 'borderline dementia' ? It has been suggested as a diagn...

•6 years ago

I won't let it beat me!

Hi I'm new here trying to cope with out my Mum at Christmas for the 1st time as well as decreasing my morphine with my husband and GP's. help but finding it...

Hi I'm new here trying to cope with out my Mum at Christmas for the 1st time as ...

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•6 years ago

Coping with Dementia

My husband's dementia has got a lot worse and very quickly. He thinks that I am some sort of carer who is taking my place. Friends say that I should talk to...

My husband's dementia has got a lot worse and very quickly. He thinks that I am ...

•6 years ago

My Husband PIP was turned down

My Husband suffers from Scleroderma an auto immune disease that affects the nerves, the skin and organs, he has also been diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes and...

My Husband suffers from Scleroderma an auto immune disease that affects the nerv...

•6 years ago

New member

I am an active oap but since about roughly 3 years ago I have had really good health, and I have right hand side and lower back pain,

I am an active oap but since about roughly 3 years ago I have had really good he...

•6 years ago

Poem: The Importance of Friends

Hi. I am a full time carer for my husband who has a rare form of demetia: I wrote this this week after I went out for lunch with some wonderful friends for...

Hi. I am a full time carer for my husband who has a rare form of demetia: I wrot...

•6 years ago

Feel Good Friday is here!

Hello and welcome to feel good Friday. How was your week? We would like to hear about your highlights and lows. Maybe something good happened that you could...

Hello and welcome to feel good Friday. How was your week? We would like to hear ...

•6 years ago

Alzheimer’s

Hi mum suffers from Alzheimer’s and she is becoming more and more difficult to handle in an evening. She forgets who my father and I are and keeps asking to go...

Hi mum suffers from Alzheimer’s and she is becoming more and more difficult to h...

•6 years ago

Alzheimer’s

Hi I desperately need advice! My mum has Alzheimer’s and has started to suffer from sun downing, every evening she forgets who my dad and I are and keeps...

Hi I desperately need advice! My mum has Alzheimer’s and has started to suffer f...

•6 years ago

Lost husband with dementia & Alzheimer's

Police just rang to say they have found my husband who is ok & are bringing him home. Throughout the last 6 yrs when his wandering has been a problem the...

Police just rang to say they have found my husband who is ok & are bringing him ...

•6 years ago

Dementia & Alzheimer's

My husband wanders off either several times daily or as he has today - gone missing for many hrs. It's 9pm now l don't know where he is & he can't use a phone,...

My husband wanders off either several times daily or as he has today - gone miss...

•6 years ago

Get a diagnosis?

My GP rang and said I may be suffering from POLYALGA (sorry.....don't even know how to spell ) Underactve thyrod may have...

My GP rang and said I may be suffering from POLYALGA (sorry.....don't even know ...

•6 years ago

WHO CARES

Hi guys I am someone else, not me. Everything I do is centred around another. I didn'tn sign up for this, there is no pension scheme, and there is very little...

Hi guys I am someone else, not me. Everything I do is centred around another. I ...

•6 years ago

Alone Again...Naturally.

Alone....24/7....7 days a week.....month after month...Christmas? Don't even mention it. Do relatives call? Nope. I called one last year....she had two of my...

Alone....24/7....7 days a week.....month after month...Christmas? Don't even men...

•6 years ago

Advanced Ovarian Cancer

I'm new here! For the Iast 2.5 years have been caring for my wife who has advanced ovarian cancer. She has undergone several courses of chemotherapy and major...

I'm new here! For the Iast 2.5 years have been caring for my wife who has advanc...

•6 years ago

Balance exercises

I am interested in balance exercises for Parkinson's sufferers also any physio tips

I am interested in balance exercises for Parkinson's sufferers also any physio t...

•6 years ago

Winter payment

Hi does any one know if we are getting Winter fuel allowance this year. We are both over 70. We do get CTax rebate and some Rent rebate Thank you

Hi does any one know if we are getting Winter fuel allowance this year. We are b...

•6 years ago

Feel Good Friday- Tell us about your week.

Hello All, Welcome to our 4th Feel Good Friday. It is great to hear all your previous comments. Thank you for these. How was your week?We would like to hear...

Hello All, Welcome to our 4th Feel Good Friday. It is great to hear all your pre...

•6 years ago

help please

my doctor tells me I have trigger finger which is when my 3rd finger on my right hand bends over and gets locked. with this cold damp weather its got worse,...

my doctor tells me I have trigger finger which is when my 3rd finger on my right...

•6 years ago

Only a few days left to win an accessible holiday with Revitalise!

There are only six days left to enter our respite holiday giveaway - and there are ten breaks to be won! We're offering members of the...

There are only six days left to enter our respite holiday giveaway - and there a...

•6 years ago

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Bad day

Just back from glaucoma check up, consultant wants to do drainage surgery within the next month, 18/12 ago I was told I'd be having surgery, pressures sorted...

Just back from glaucoma check up, consultant wants to do drainage surgery within...

•6 years ago

Sdp

Hi all..I'm just wondering if anyone knows what benefit you need to be on to get severe disablement premium .? Thanks

Hi all..I'm just wondering if anyone knows what benefit you need to be on to get...

•6 years ago

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