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Can you recommended live in care for my mum once a month to give my sister a break?

Hello! My first post. Hello all! My sister looks after my mum who needs 24 care. Not difficult but you are tied to the house most of the time. It is exhausting...

Hello! My first post. Hello all! My sister looks after my mum who needs 24 care....

GeorgieLee

•5 years ago

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Feel Good Friday

Hello All, Winter is nearly here. With the clocks due to go back on Sunday morning it will give us an extra hour in bed, extra light in the evenings but dark...

Hello All, Winter is nearly here. With the clocks due to go back on Sunday morni...

MAS_Nurse

•5 years ago

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Sleep and wandering

I have just been to stay for a few days where my mum is in the home. She is settling well - been there 4 weeks. The home is very good with excellent staff...

I have just been to stay for a few days where my mum is in the home. She is set...

Horatius

•5 years ago

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Need recovery from anxiety and depression

I'm 68 and have suffered a lifetime of chronic anxiety and depression - mirroring my father. I have had periods without it, notably when my children were...

I'm 68 and have suffered a lifetime of chronic anxiety and depression - mirrorin...

Boating2

•5 years ago

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Dementia and clock changes

Hi everyone, I see that winter's officially arriving this weekend with the changing of the clocks back to GMT in the early hours this Sunday. I'm probably...

Hi everyone, I see that winter's officially arriving this weekend with the chang...

Hidden

•5 years ago

10 Replies

Adhd

My son had adhd and i have had too stop working

Shona30

•5 years ago

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Well dads back in hospital with GREEN FOOT

Well its been trying week AND not even seen sight sound of doctor since dads been in hospital with elephants green foot. And even worse hospital care as been...

Well its been trying week AND not even seen sight sound of doctor since dads bee...

Hidden

•5 years ago

10 Replies

How to deal with falls?

My dad had a fall last week in the garden, luckily he's all ok now, just a couple of bruises but I'm starting to get worried about this happening more. What...

My dad had a fall last week in the garden, luckily he's all ok now, just a coupl...

freezingspark

•5 years ago

16 Replies

About me

Hi I work 20 hrs per wk but my man is due to have open lung surgery I am going to be her carer I lbw you can work 12 hrs but do I need to go to 12 hrs before I...

Hi I work 20 hrs per wk but my man is due to have open lung surgery I am going t...

Hartlepool

•6 years ago

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My wife is losing a lot of sleep due to Restless Leg Syndrome , has anyone a solution ?

My wife 2 years into a Parkinson's Disease diagnosis has this as a symptom. She has been given Quinine, no good.

My wife 2 years into a Parkinson's Disease diagnosis has this as a symptom. She ...

toofworc

•6 years ago

10 Replies

Feel Good Friday

Good morning everyone, how are you all doing? How has your week been? This week for me has been at times a little frustrating. Our car failed its MOT...

Good morning everyone, how are you all doing? How has your week been? ...

MAS_Nurse

•6 years ago

7 Replies

Two Safeguarding orders again

Hello, I have been told that dad has two safeguarding measures again, one with the Home and one with the hospital, but the Home hasn't mentioned anything to me...

Hello, I have been told that dad has two safeguarding measures again, one with t...

klr31

•6 years ago

23 Replies

Hi

Hi just I want to know my husband is mental illness and I’m with him all the time so I want to know if I can apply a care allowance or not but I get esa under...

Hi just I want to know my husband is mental illness and I’m with him all the tim...

Juhaina

•6 years ago

5 Replies

Mum doesn’t sleep

My mother is having a rough time. She has type one diabetes and vascular dementia. I live 150 miles away. She had to go into a nursing home in July as a...

My mother is having a rough time. She has type one diabetes and vascular dementi...

Horatius

•6 years ago

18 Replies

Good things outweighing bad things

Hi. Bad things: Our cat Poppy died. Nigel keeps wondering where she is and tells our carer that he does not think I know. Apparently the cat buried in the...

Hi. Bad things: Our cat Poppy died. Nigel keeps wondering where she is and tells...

AliBee1

•6 years ago

6 Replies

Feel Good Friday

Hi everyone how’s it all going? I want you to know and remember today that you are loved, your life has value and you amazing! I recently read on my social...

Hi everyone how’s it all going? I want you to know and remember today that you a...

MAS_Nurse

•6 years ago

3 Replies

Mom's Poorly Mouth

Thank you to everyone for your helpful advice to my last post. Amazingly mom has rallied well. Her oral thrush continues and she is on the second dose of an...

Thank you to everyone for your helpful advice to my last post. Amazingly mom has...

XSitch38

•6 years ago

4 Replies

Don’t THINK Things Could Get Any Worse For My Alzheimer’s Dementia Suffer Dad.

Feeling quite sick 🤢 now my dad is now completely blind. Don’t think things could get any worse for him really. The more a read the sicker angrier am....

Feeling quite sick 🤢 now my dad is now completely blind. Don’t think things cou...

Hidden

•6 years ago

6 Replies

Ineed advice on form filling

attendance allowence

treb

•6 years ago

10 Replies

Unexplained pain on the inside of my thighs

Hi, I have a lot of pain in the tissue inside my thighs, so much so that I can't have my cat or my granddaughter touch that zone when they sit on my lap. Can...

Hi, I have a lot of pain in the tissue inside my thighs, so much so that I can't...

fanbiche

•6 years ago

5 Replies

Feel Good Friday

Hello to everyone today, How has your week been? here we are again at the end of another week and can look back at what could have been a difficult week with...

Hello to everyone today, How has your week been? here we are again at the end of...

MAS_Nurse

•6 years ago

13 Replies

Carers Allowance

Hello I am new to this site and would like to ask a question. We are on universal credit, my husband gets £156 a month for being my carer. is this carers...

Hello I am new to this site and would like to ask a question. We are on universa...

sproket1

•6 years ago

6 Replies

Change.org petition for Care Home staffing ratios.

Hi again everyone, I've already posted once today, so sorry for 'hogging' our forum, but I just received an email from a website I sometimes use, called...

Hi again everyone, I've already posted once today, so sorry for 'hogging' our fo...

Hidden

•6 years ago

5 Replies

The power of trains

Hi everyone, The other night when I woke at 3am as I frequently do, I heard in the distance the sound of a train slowly rolling along over the track and, as...

Hi everyone, The other night when I woke at 3am as I frequently do, I heard in ...

Hidden

•6 years ago

10 Replies

Stairs

Hello, I am partly looking after elderly parent who has a care pathway. The Care Agency come in to do breakfast, personal hygiene and medicate, give a ready...

Hello, I am partly looking after elderly parent who has a care pathway. The Care...

rainbowtulip

•6 years ago

13 Replies

Shy drager syndrome awareness

I want to make everyone aware of shy drager syndrome this disease takes the sufferers very existence from them and i mean it. My mother lived with it and died...

I want to make everyone aware of shy drager syndrome this disease takes the suff...

Dragongirl81

•6 years ago

4 Replies

Parkinson's Disease

My sister had a nervous breakdown last Christmas and was treated for depression but now nine months on it is clear something is wrong in her brain cannot...

My sister had a nervous breakdown last Christmas and was treated for depression ...

Sebimo13

•6 years ago

8 Replies

ESA and Carers.

Afternoon Everyone, I have just joined h community and need to ask a question. My son receives ESA can he claim carers...

Afternoon Everyone, I have just joined h comm...

Gingerwhinger

•6 years ago

6 Replies

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All posts for October 2018

Can you recommended live in care for my mum once a month to give my sister a break?

Feel Good Friday

Sleep and wandering

Need recovery from anxiety and depression

Dementia and clock changes

Adhd

Well dads back in hospital with GREEN FOOT

How to deal with falls?

About me

My wife is losing a lot of sleep due to Restless Leg Syndrome , has anyone a solution ?

Feel Good Friday

Two Safeguarding orders again

Hi

Mum doesn’t sleep

Good things outweighing bad things

Feel Good Friday

Mom's Poorly Mouth

Don’t THINK Things Could Get Any Worse For My Alzheimer’s Dementia Suffer Dad.

Ineed advice on form filling

Unexplained pain on the inside of my thighs

Feel Good Friday

Carers Allowance

Change.org petition for Care Home staffing ratios.

The power of trains

Stairs

Shy drager syndrome awareness

Parkinson's Disease

ESA and Carers.

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