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Thanks everyone. She's moving in tomorrow.
Birgitta. It means I'm paying someone to live here and help look after us. It's my Aunt and she's my mothers younger sister. She's 70 and very healthy and fit and we are all very fond of her (except my mother). She's a very happy, practical person and will be just the right person to keep my mothers moods in check.
I came home from hospital yesterday afternoon and my father has not stopped smiling. I haven't seen him so happy in years. It seems as if a weight has lifted off his shoulders. I think he realises he is not being left alone to shoulder all the responsibility of caring for Mum now. My father is very happily preparing the downstairs rooms for tomorrow.
I only need occasional help with things like cleaning the shower once a week and hanging the washing on the clothes line, changing the sheets on the bed...most of the time I can manage.
It's the relief just knowing my Dad is going to be okay that is the big winner.
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