THE DEMENTIA DIARIES OF NANNY JUNE

The One with the Fear, Anger and a Nice Cup of Tea. We are existing like Covid is over but it is not. By the time I had mentally prepared...

The One With Some Extra Emotional Challenges 9:25am Arrive 9:27am Gel hands 9:30am Fill out form 9:35am Take LFT 9:40am Answer screening...

The one with the Covid. Still. As well as the many disasters and disruptions Covid has caused it has also caused a hiatus. A pause. Life...

The One Where It Was All Too Much. Today was an exciting day. After rearranging this visit FOUR times because of close contact alerts...

The visit with so many failed attempts. This has already been a difficult week. But I have waited ages to visit Nanny June and have to...

The One with the September Flurries I think there are moments with dementia which is like a landslide or avalanche. There comes a day or...

The One When The Phone Doesn't Ring Nanny June was always one for picking up the phone and (probably due to a lifetime of trauma) was...

The one with a hard pill to swallow. Another phone call from the care home today, Nanny June is increasingly defiant and non compliant....

The One Where I had to Write a Poem Instead of Going to See Her. She is not there to make a five minute call to say so and so died, so...

The One With The Ninetieth Birthday Party This week Nanny June turned 90. The care home made a very impressive cake and held a tea party...

The One With The Surprise Birthday Plans Plans are afoot. Nanny June turns NINETY in a couple of weeks. Being ninety is well worth...

The One With What We Have Left Now So care homes can allow visitors once more. This would be amazing apart from the one barrier that...

The One With A Locked Down Mothers Day I can't see Nanny June today but have sent a card and flowers to arrive in time and early enough...

12 February 2017 was our care home ground zero. Day 0 in the Nanny June Care Home. That was three years ago. This is as long as my dad...

The one with the poem. The Cares of Nanny June Needles that knit And Needles that sew Needing to create order from Yesterday’s memories...

The one where I wrote a poem. This poem was produced in response to a prompt from 64 Million Artists who believe that when we use our...

The One With The Old Fools. The Old Fools by Philip Larkin What do they think has happened, the old fools, To make them like this? Do...

The One With The Promise Of Biscuits. It took longer today to go through the checks to visit than it did to do the actual visit. Nanny...

The one with the Christmas Decoration of Quandry. So this arrived in the post. I understand the sentiment. I understand the thought...

The One With A Prison Visit So this was almost a week ago. I have had some traumatic times in that care home, the most notable of which...