Being proactive
Apps and accounts: my recommendations for making life smoother
In this article, you will find a brief description about free apps, websites and software that I use frequently. I share why I value them and how I use them.
Health
Outside of Roger’s health, what else needed doing?
None of this is easy but it doesn’t need to be made more difficult than it is already. What can make it easier? Having the health and finance LPA done is invaluable. I did mine using the government website. It wasn’t difficult and didn’t take long either. An LPA is Read more…
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Is it necessary to have things documented when someone has a long-term condition?
The last article ended with a question about the documents. What were they? Why were they created? How were they helpful? I’m going to refer to the main documents below. There were 9 of them. For each one, I’ll share what it was, why it was created and how it Read more…
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Is it impossible to work and manage someone’s care?
A few years ago, this guy told me that his wife had decided to stop working because her parents were poorly. They had many health appointments that she basically couldn’t help them and work at the same time. I accepted it but didn’t truly realise what it meant until I Read more…
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How did supporting Roger affect me?
What I’ve been doing to support Roger and his family I’m not sure if I’ve managed to capture everything but the following list captures most of what I’ve been managing. How did it affect me? Doing the above required me to do the following: How did my experience reinforce the Read more…
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Finding a live-in carer
What is a live-in carer? Live-in care is a type of service where a professionally trained care worker moves into someone’s home full time to live with them and support their care needs. A live-in carer is able to look after the person 24 hours a day and assist with Read more…
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Settling into the care home
The care home was lovely. It was well organised, the storage areas were hidden, there were different areas for residents to spend time in, it was clean, the staff seemed nice, there was a place of worship, a place where visitors could get a hot drink and some snacks and Read more…
