My care stories
Teresa died at 0100 on 22 April 2017
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The stories begin with my carer-life's Mission A to persuade people to pronounce Teresa's name. Here it is on a slat of wood behind her wheelchair. Not Tereeeesa. Mission B is this battle. I smile, say nothing and point to Teresa. Mission C is the fight against wheelchair invisibility here.
A My wife
- Health summary
- Physical health
- Mental health
- Hospitalisation
- Transport
- Carer crib-sheet
- Teresa Diana Harrison ancestry
B Joint aspects
- Holidays
- At home
- The new Dementia Meeting Centres
C Yours truly
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A My wife
- Health summary
- Physical health
- Mental health
- Hospitalisation
- Transport
- Carer crib-sheet
1.1 Health summary here
1.2 Medication
Medication list and medical history here
2 Physical health
Disabled person needing substitute domestic services relating to lunch here.
Teresa restarted her exercise programme in mid June 2016. here
3 Mental health
3.1 Person-centred Tests Home page here as Intro to TDH pages
3.2 Dementia meeting centres more
See B 3 below
more here
3.3.1 Prolonging the active mind here
3.3.2 - religious aspects here
3.4.1 Letter to caree 16 March 2015 here
3.4.2 Non-person-centred Caree assessment 17 August 2015 here.
My contribution reduced the impersonalisation.
4 Hospitalisation
- 78 year-old woman ejected from A&E at 0200 here
- Canal-boat holiday. However, illness struck. here
2 Nov 2016 - Transient ischaemic attack (TIA) here
- Various wheelchairs since 2000.
- In 2014, Teresa's hip socket failed for the second time (first - 1995) but no operation possible due to heart condition.
- From then on transport became much more than a matter of putting a folding wheelchair into a car.
- Early in 2015, a heavy-duty powered wheelchair was bought which put a new outlook on the type of car needed. Our wheelchair here here
- That led to the notion that such beasts are dangerous. About wheelchairs here
- U-tube is better than Youtube! here
- A battle concerning a change of car led to the Stand up for your rights - dangerous WAV page here
- Currently, we have a Fiat Doblo MyLife Multijet 1.6 litre turbo diesel car here - £15k
7 Teresa Diana Harrison ancestry here
B Joint aspects
1 Holidays very important for caree and carer
- Glamorgan Holiday Hotel here
- Canal-boat holiday. However, illness struck. here
- Grove Farm - Kimbolton - near Leominster here
Does your disability-holiday choice have heart? here
Holidays Home page here
Disabled Holiday info here
Our joint attendance is based on my strong belief in the continuity of the too-few UK DMCs and the creation of more. We attend one on a regular basis and are convinced that DMCs present the optimum way forward within national dementia services. more
See A 3.2
C Yours truly
1 2016
- My experience at 6 here
- I am a Dementia Champion and experienced a Day course here
- The Selfish Pig's Guide to Caring here
Alone Home page here
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Battles:
The carer world is a series of mountains - public page here.
A black picture often within the domain of dom-care staff on zero-hours contract, with disallowed travel time -here
The Dom-care battle - Paper presented to Promoting Independence on 4th February 2016 here
A day in the life of an unpaid carer - an unexpected occurrence on his doorstep - here.
Relief from the battles here.
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Unpaid carer stress Home page here
Caring for someone with FTD can be particularly challenging, because
of the person’s age and the changes in behaviour and communication. p 9 here
2 Pages of earlier date
- 2g letter to caree 16 March 2015 here
- 78 year-old woman ejected from A&E at 0200 here
- Dementia Triangle of Care here
- Songs and music for special needs situations here.
- Glamorgan Holiday Hotel here
- Canal-boat holiday. However, illness struck. here
- My wife's health here
- To the Bishop of Herefordshire here
- December 2014 update here
- A&E etc summary here.
- TDH (Mrs) - Medication list and medical history here
- Updates October & November 2014 here
pagetop here for pasting The author's stories Home page here