THE DEMENTIA DIARIES OF NANNY JUNE

The One With My Precious; a transcript of our phone call. Hello. It’s Elizabeth. How are you? Oh.... I’m can’t do the getting dressed......

The One With The Defiant And Out Of Control Toenails A phone call came in from the care home this week: Because of Covid, the NHS aren’t...

The One Where The World Went Mad. There are a number of care homes locally. They have now almost all tested positive for cases of...

The One With The Diva & Her Baby Memories Today Nanny June still didn’t recognise me but the concept of who I am was back! Dementia is...

The One Where I Disappeared. I have no medical or scientific evidence to back up my belief, but I know that seeing me often kept those...

The One With The Social Distancing & PPE. Today I got to visit my mum for the first time in nearly four months. I have never been this...

The One With A Diary Within A Diary: I am not senile. I have kept some diaries back from the bungalow clearance. I went back over the...

The One With The Here And Now. I think this is the longest I’ve ever gone without seeing Nanny June. It’s not the first birthday I...

The One With The Forgotten Cigarette Packet. This week, while sorting through a box - I unexpectedly found some of Nanny June’s memories....

The One With The Doctor & Rose & What Happens In The End Lots of lovely people asking how Nanny June is right now. The truth is that it’s...

The One With Mixed Messages I don’t speak to many people on the phone. Video calls are my favourite way to ‘speak’ to people now but...

The One With The Tough Mothers Day. My card and flowers were left in advance at reception a few days ago while the Nanny June Care Home...

The One Where We Avoid COVID-19 like the plague. I am currently trying to keep up with Nanny June’s state of health and well-being while...

The One Where We Didn’t See What Was Coming This throwback FB post was five years before Nanny June went into the care home. Four years...

The One Where The System Broke Us We have financial power of attorney (that should all be capitalised in a very legal and important...

The One With The Titty-bigs We crossed a line today. I bathed Nanny June. Neither of us appreciated the experience. Since her arrival at...

The One With The Dancing Queens The staff were great today. Five of them trying to find a solution for us to visit as a family, away from...

The One Where She Lost Us Her room had given us privacy; peace and quiet and a place where we could reclaim a little bit of our past...

The One With The Ghosts of Christmas Past & Present & Future. Nanny June hosted great family affairs in the past - almost 20 people each...

The One With A Total Social Wrecking Ball Of A Visit. All five of us took it upon ourselves to visit and brought Christmas with us in the...