cant believe how much ive done today.got up at 7 30 and put washing on and put last nights out, then did the ironing for hour and half, went to pick dad up and cooked him a breakfastand told him i had a lot to do today and he said he would go home a bit earlier so dropt him back off at 12 45. went to the tip with dave and came back and hoovered down stairs and got dave to mop through, hes never done it before, told him hes got a job now. cleaned downstairs loo then went upstairs and did bathroom...

This is a record of my attempt to employ an overseas domestic worker from Burma, and bring her into the UK specifically to help care for my in-laws in their own home. I hope this will help others who might be interested in this kind of practical help. I also hope the government will make the process of obtaining this sort of affordable help easier to obtain for everyone in the UK - perhaps through a properly regulated and licensed system for overseas domestic workers as practiced in Singapore, Dubai,...

Dad took his wee border terrier puppy to Dog Training tonight. He is often exasperated with her but he agrees she may just be the saving of him.

I popped in for the 2nd time today while Will was having a drum lesson and dad (who had not been looking forward to the training) was animated and said he'd had a really good time. There were about a dozen people, all with mad pups and he said it felt good to be with people who had a fellow purpose. All clearly loved dogs, they were all badly...

well have seen pychiatrist and dave managed to do a bit better on his memory test which was great. doc said daves speach is obviusly much worse, voiced my concerns about it being ftd and should he be on aricept. dr thinks because he has had a little improvement dave should continue for the time being. agreeed we didnt want the results of the genetic testing. too upseting for dave. then saw neurologist who says cause dave has a disc pressing into his spinal cord this could be giving his mobility...

Dear blog, today I feel so disrespected and angry . How can it be that his father, his own flesh and blood, does not want to see him. That he cannot even do his own dirty work but gets a freind to write the note to tell me. What sort of person is so spineless and selfish that when his son has dementia, he shuns him and leaves me with the consequences of tears and hurt.
I hate him for the way he treats his son and feel sorry for him that he is such a shallow man