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My sister was a young woman. She was in her early 50’s; I consider that young. And she was diagnosed in, she had complained of back pain for a long number of years and she was going to her GP on a regular basis. And the GP was saying she had some weight on her so the GP was saying it’s your weight, you need to lose weight but he never sent her for…

My mother Mona was very very well really all her life until she was into her eighties and then she started having a lot of episodes of losing consciousness. When that would happen she would be in the emergency department because an ambulance would come wherever she was or even they happened at home a lot. She was under the care of a geriatrician…

Fighting for loving care for the people we love When we can no longer care for our loved ones at home we must place their care in the hands of others. There is no greater act of trust. When that care is loving and tender, it can enhance life. But when it falls short, as June Crockett discovered, it is an upsetting and frustrating challenge to…

When our loved ones become ill, the task of caring for them often falls on the people who love them most. Their sons and daughters, their husbands and wives. But caring for the love of your life can sometimes be the most challenging and demanding of tasks. And yet, as Robert Ferguson so movingly describes, love somehow has a wonderful way of…

Padraig Geoghegan was an amazing character bursting with life and full of contradictions. He was the light in the room but he loved his privacy. He was a fitter-welder but was really well read. He avoided dealing with emotions but he was always there for his wife Antoinette when she most needed him. picture4 for web.jpg…