Hi everyone,
I am 63 and my mother is 86. She has "mild to moderate dementia"- no particular type has been specified. I moved her down to Bedford be near me, from Sheffield, just over a year ago, where I believed she was still independent, and since then she has become totally dependent on me, which has come as a shock and a massive learning curve for me. I have just moved her from a sheltered flat to an extra care flat which is only 5 m walk away so I can get there much more quickly.
As this is just an introduction, I want to give more details another time.
I had 3 years as a retired teacher to do what I wanted and now I am a carer. I also have a 30 year old daughter who is semi-independent. Luckily I have a supportive husband but my brother who lives in York and as a busy job and teenage family is no help at all. He rarely visits because the leisure time they do have he spends going on holiday!
Hope to hear from people soon
I am 63 and my mother is 86. She has "mild to moderate dementia"- no particular type has been specified. I moved her down to Bedford be near me, from Sheffield, just over a year ago, where I believed she was still independent, and since then she has become totally dependent on me, which has come as a shock and a massive learning curve for me. I have just moved her from a sheltered flat to an extra care flat which is only 5 m walk away so I can get there much more quickly.
As this is just an introduction, I want to give more details another time.
I had 3 years as a retired teacher to do what I wanted and now I am a carer. I also have a 30 year old daughter who is semi-independent. Luckily I have a supportive husband but my brother who lives in York and as a busy job and teenage family is no help at all. He rarely visits because the leisure time they do have he spends going on holiday!
Hope to hear from people soon
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