As a single parent of four mum certainly had a lot on her plate and very little support it being the late 1970s and all. In fact, she was spurned by neighbours, supposed friends and some family for not staying committed to a loveless marriage and...
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“But it’s not about stuff!” they said, “it’s about the people, the human connection and being there.”
I’d just finished visiting mum after a particularly difficult family meeting which was mediated by a care lead of mum’s residential home.
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The strung out and overworked carers around him and the duty nurse Steve were all on high alert.
Ian usually enjoyed his massage each week and would happily sit while I smoothed away tension he held in his upper back.
Doris sits in her wheelchair by the edge of the dining tables, a busy thoroughfare, grasping at people as they walk by her, each one swerving, avoiding her grabbing hands. Each one another painful rejection.
It’s 7am on a December morning. I’m checking messages across all my media. This is my best quiet admin time.
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