I'm new too!!
Hi
I'm new too and likewise, am just finding out how things work. My mum is just turned 65 and going through what seems like an endless period of diagnosis. It just seems so unfair that this is happening. I am only 24 and feels like my mother is already beyond my reach. I feel really bad for my father who has to devote his tiem to looking after my mother and I feel like I should take more responsibility but I don't live near them anymore. Moving back would mean moving away from all my friends where I live now and leaving my job and everything. I feel so guitly and selfish, but really angry at the same time.
It seems like my parents are receiving little help form soical services - is this what other people are finding? What happened when the 'care' package you refer to fell apart, Debbie?
I'm finding it really hard to cope with this and would appreciate some advice from people who are goign throguh the same thign, because, needless to say, none of my friends here are and I find it really hard to talk about.