Went to see Brian after lunch, a lady was there who does movement to music, she has them catching balls and throwing them and using a stretchy band and parachute and a couple of other things. Brian was reluctant to do anything at first but gradually tried to join in and seemed to enjoy it and actually threw a ball in the air a few inches and caught it again! No tears today, so quite a good visit.

My father, age 67, has alzheimers and is highly likely to have cancer. He lives in SW London, can anyone advise of support groups or literature or infact any othe useful info or support as to how we can best support my Dad. He is finding this very confusing and is quite bewildered. We want to start preparing ourselves.

Can a Review be considered to have taken place when the SW merely said hallo to Brian when she arrived? Yesterday on the 'phone she said she had also asked him how he had enjoyed his week in respite, but since he did not go into the home until almost two weeks later I am non-plussed. She said she had asked me questions about how he was getting on - this was during the Carer's Assessment of me on 20th October - and this constituted a Review of him.

I only discovered this when Brian's...

Went after lunch today, Brian had socks and slippers on!! obviously too cold today for paddling in the sea!! he was not trying to talk much today, but laughed a couple of times and gave me a special smile, so I know he knew it was me! asked how his mam was, I said she was ok, not worth upsetting him by saying she's been dead years. Not a bad visit again, day of tomorrow, daughter will visit. Resident who has a go at us was back on form today (been ill for couple of days) I was a dog and my mam and...

last week my wife sylvia was in respite saturday to saturday but on tuesday she became unreseptive to personal care refusing to get out of bed kicking out and screaming at staff.iwas phoned by the care manager and asked to go to try to calm sylvia. when i arrived one of the staff had managed to get sylvia up and dressed.ihad atalk to sylvia and she agreed to let the staff help her irang on wedensday to ask how sylvia was they told me she was just the same but they had got her up and she was settled...