Jennifer Richards @Jennife10651535 Twitter profile

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Jennifer Richards

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1 year

Can I just say this? I am 80 years old and have seen a hell of a lot of governments. This is by far the worst ever.

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1 year

OK. It's the end of the day,so I shall say it. I am 80 years old and am sick of being the co ordinator for my husband's care . I'm not well myself, and the health implications( mental and physical) are overwhelming. I've had the worst day

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3 years

Just heard that Drs David Nott and Henry Marsh did a 12 hour zoom call to Ukrainian doctors on wartime surgery

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7 months

Good morning! I've just heard on the radio that GPs aren't the best people to issue sick notes ( or as they are now "fit" notes.).Who the hell is?

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3 years

My daughter got asked to pull her mask down in Lidl last week to see if she looked old enough to buy gin.. She's 52

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2 years

My husband just told me I'm too old to wear my leather jacket.

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8 months

Poor Kate. I am not a Royalist, but I would extend the same sympathy to everyone. Would the conspiracy theorists now shut up

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3 years

@SnotSurgeon My husband's got dementia and is no longer able to cope with finance .I have told them this, and I am a joint account holder. But they still refuse to speak to me

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4 years

When the NHS recovers a bit I know what I should like to see. Sessions of advice on how to live/cope for 24/7 carers of people with dementia. I feel as if I'm flailing and wading in treacle

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2 years

@MaggieMossop @Edwina_Currie He isn't. Energy bills for some pensioners will be higher than pension received.

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3 years

I find this Post Office scandal unbearable. I can't imagine that degree of suffering

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3 years

GPs who advocate strongly for tech. My husband has rapidly declining dementia and sets out to order his online prescription. He's failed, as he' s failed for a year now . Please bear these people in mind ( not to mention their exhausted partners)

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3 years

@tmprowell I'm 79 and quite capable of coming to my own conclusions.

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Jennifer Richards

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4 years

Oh dear. This has undone me 😪

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Jennifer Richards

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5 years

Dear media. Please stop saying "due to an ageing population A & E is full". I am 77 and I think the last time I visited an A&E dept.was when I was 3 years old and my father dislocated my shoulder.This was before the NHS was set up. I realise I'm.unrepresentative but....

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Jennifer Richards

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6 months

I mourn my husband. I mourn his love of music which has disappeared.i mourn his artistic abilities. But he is still alive and breathing. Sorry for the outburst

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Jennifer Richards

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3 years

Is there anyone on here who is absolutely sick of the travails of a very rich tennis player?

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3 years

Just lost it in the supermarket. Some oldish man, unmasked,coughing his guts up in the queue behind me. I yelled "put a mask on, you fucking moron". He was only buying a copy of the Sun and some lottery tickets. Now at sat at home crying my eyes out.

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Jennifer Richards

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2 years

Can I ask my followers to wish my husband a happy 89th birthday tomorrow. He won't remember but it might give him.a good feeling

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5 years

Hilarious. The chairman of Melton Mowbray Pork Pies has just said they don't export to either Thailand or Iceland, and very difficult to US because of short shelf life. Evidently being PM is as fact free a zone as journalism was for BJ

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Jennifer Richards

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4 months

Got to the nearest branch of Santander today (in another town).With great difficulty. Wanted help with online banking Got sent away with a flea in my ear. Plus an 0800 number which turned into 0300 number. One hour before speaking to anyone. Why is it like this?

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Jennifer Richards

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2 years

If any GP is reading my t/line That's I would like to pay tribute to the speedy care I have received from my surgery today. That's it .

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2 years

Don't want to sound dramatic but I question how long I.can carry on this looking after dementia patient 24/7 . I feel so poorly. The assumption that people do it "out of love" is questionable

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Jennifer Richards

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3 years

Can we spare a tiny thought today for people who never knew their father, didn't know who their father was, or simply have fairly horrific memories?

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6 years

@greendoondoon Is she having a breakdown? Only reason I can think of for this bile

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1 year

@dr_shibley He's totally opposed. He doesn't remember much, but he remembers I told him about a very good day centre. He said to me last night "You're not going to send me away today,are you? " Totally demolished me

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2 years

I'm going to make myself very unpopular. Valentine's Day is commercialized rubbish

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3 years

Seriously impressed with the comms at my GP surgery. Had a F2F consult with GP this morning. When I arrived home found found a text giving details of a referral @drmoderate

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1 year

When is someone going to decide that syringing ears is well within the competence of practice nurses and HCAs. Deafness contributes greatly to dementia

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Jennifer Richards

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5 years

The Apostrophe Protection Society is closing down because nobody cares anymore. For the record, I care

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Jennifer Richards

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7 months

I have a letter from the Director, My University Hospitals , Sussex to donate to a charity, for things provided in hospital. The standout is £50 food voucher for a trainee nurse. What have we become?

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3 years

@Eoinel_ @BuffDavis I am a pensioner . I am not a millionaire. I did not vote for Brexit. Generalisations not good.

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Jennifer Richards

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6 years

Woke up to someone advocating statins for the over 75s.Would 'save' 8000 lives.Are we never going to be allowed to die?

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2 years

An essay. Loneliness is worse when your family is grown. It's worse at Easter..No excitement , no eggs. Just a day with a husband who doesn't remember a procedure he had in hospital this morning. Family seems to have disintegrated

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Jennifer Richards

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4 years

If you're worried about the vaccine just read the leaflet inside the box containing any medication you're taking That will put things in perspective

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Jennifer Richards

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3 years

I have just tried NHS 111. If anyone wants my opinion be prepared for something very sweary

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1 year

@bobby_jags I agree. I feel as if I'm fumbling through a thicket

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1 year

Heard the interview with Timothy West and Prunella Scales. They've been married 60 years as have we . Impressed with how articulate Pru still is, considering how long she's been dignosed

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3 years

Warm words for my local health centre this morning. The phone was answered within 7 minutes..I was asked whether I wanted F2F or phone consultation. They were fine with either. We need a counter narrative sometimes. @drmoderate @DrSimonHodes @DrSelvarajah

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Jennifer Richards

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8 months

I have a problem with all these "strong women" posts . I don't feel in the least bit strong( withering ,perhaps). But I have to keep supporting my poor husband. Which is draining, not strengthenning

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Jennifer Richards

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3 years

Is it OK to eat onion bhajis for breakfast? And I'm not asking for a friend

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Jennifer Richards

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3 years

Why does no one listen to old ladies? I couldn't connect to daughter's wi-fi. Everyone in the house had a go. All the way through I was saying "turn the router off and on". Guess the result.

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Jennifer Richards

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4 years

I am a woman in my 70s. While no violence was involved I can only see now how much of my earlier life was defined by coercive control. I thought at the time it was the norm

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Jennifer Richards

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9 months

Just a thought. I think I would lose my mind (as well as assorted household items) if it weren't for my Twitter pals. Thank you one and all

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Jennifer Richards

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1 year

Don't think I've ever known exhaustion like this Another day, another irrational argument. Cruel and unusual punishment. Someone of 80 caring for someone of 90 with dementia. Sorry folks . Another pity tweet

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Jennifer Richards

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9 months

A large part of the source of my anxiety has been removed! I've found all the things I thought OH had thrown away. Things like birth certificates, wills, etc, etc . Lifted my mood considerably

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Jennifer Richards

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3 years

This reshuffle is like running a country with a Bristol stool chart. Various types of💩

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Jennifer Richards

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8 months

The hardest thing about living with someone with dementia? The silence. The utter silence. From someone who loved playing the piano and listening to music...just silence. He has his own music with auditory hallucinations

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1 year

Dear @elonmusk . I would appreciate it if you would eliminate all the female half-clad bots from my t/line. I am an 80 year old grandmother, and it's boring to have to keep blocking them. Thank you

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Jennifer Richards

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18 days

@AliJaneMoore I would like to see the evidence for "dramatic results". And am wondering whether the minister has ever met anyone with psychosis

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Jennifer Richards

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4 years

Will the media stop infantilising.older people please.?? We have the power of thought, We can decide if we want to be visited at Christmas. We do not , on the whole, wish for a deadly virus. And enough already with *loved ones". #R4

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Jennifer Richards

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2 years

@mancunianmedic @ballater6 You get it David. I was trying to explain to someone just now that my husband has used an ATM twice in his life .Both times under my supervision. He's 89

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5 years

I am one of your quoted 'elderly' and resent your implication that we are disposable

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Jennifer Richards

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4 years

Old ladies like me be warned. I've found that the face mask impedes my vision and I can't see my feet. Must be something about the shape/ size of my nose. Twice I've tripped over the curb. Be careful

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Jennifer Richards

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3 years

Two As + A*. Grandson

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Jennifer Richards

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1 year

We carers can't win. My son and daughter took my husband to a dementia day centre today for a "taster" . He can't remember anything about it, but accuses me of " wanting to get rid of him""

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Jennifer Richards

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2 years

@Valeria_Watt Mine's just like that. The rest of the photo isn't, LOL

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Jennifer Richards

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5 years

@youngvulgarian Can I have a slot as the partner of someone living with dementia facing a 12-18 month lockdown . I would absolutely love to be on my own

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Jennifer Richards

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3 years

Husband 88th birthday today

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3 years

For anyone in doubt about the value of GPs my son who lives in New York can't find one. His cardiologist has explained that it's because a) they don't get paid enough and b) the vast range of knowledge required. She said she has a small subset of knowledge

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Jennifer Richards

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2 years

Please GPs and geriatricians listen to the family and especially spouses when assessing dementia Just had the following conversation. Me " I really need a holiday". Him "Well , go then". Me "you can't care for yourself 1)

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6 years

@rubytandoh Shame. Your column was the only one I could take seriously in that Feast supplement. We take bets in our house on how many ingredients will be in the 'quick' recipe

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3 years

Anyone out there?The black dog barks

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2 years

Not a boast but pride in his hard work. My grandson has made the Dean's List in the Faculty of Social Science at Southhampton Uni. For outstanding achievement

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2 years

Statement. I have spent all of today doing admin tasks for husband with dementia . I wasn't interviewed for this job .I wasn't asked if I wanted it. I am nearly 80. Enough!

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Jennifer Richards

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3 years

My grandson and girlfriend have just moved into their University flat. Everything is neat and ordered with boxes labelled , e g. "snacks " and "medicines". Meal plans have been drawn up( specifying the menu and who's cooking ) What's happened to University students?

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Jennifer Richards

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4 years

Husband came with me to help pack click and collect . A man tripped over him, and subjected him to some foul abuse. I reacted as calmly as I could ( wasn't husband's fault). I'm now destroyed. He has forgotten it. Please, all you younger people, have some tolerance

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Jennifer Richards

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4 years

I would love to hear an old person in public life saying that they had turned down the prospect of seeing their children/grandchildren at Christmas, rather than the other way round We still have agency. We are still capable of making rational decisions

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6 months

@DrRobgalloway @LucyGoBag I really see your point, but I would really confine this to nearest and dearest. In the past I have been in hospital, and have felt compelled to "entertain" casual droppers in, while in pain and exhausted . My close relations know when to shut up!

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2 years

@bikerwise I'm so sorry. Lots of mixed emotions I imagine . He was a kind looking man.Too young

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1 year

Husband's 90th birthday today

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5 years

My 17 year old grandson is working at Tesco,combining it with 6th form studies. He's just been till-trained and is already upset that a customer has ranted at him for asking permission to sell a bottle of wine. This is because he's under age.Till operators are human too

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5 years

Sir Nicholas Soames interview on @BBCr4today "appalling" " divisive" "if only he could moderate himself" "destabilising rhetoric" . And he wasn't taking about Corbyn

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Jennifer Richards

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2 years

@Etienne_Sheff @Laconic_doc It certainly was. I did it myself 50.years ago. Remember prams were huge, there were no supermarkets, and we always had a view from inside the shop

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Jennifer Richards

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3 years

I have just seen a cheese advent calendar.

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Jennifer Richards

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5 years

I love Twitter. The fact that an old lady in a Sussex village can have civilized transatlantic conversations with intelligent people is worth the price of admission

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Jennifer Richards

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6 years

Let me shout out for the head of year 11 who on my grandson's report said he was academically excellent and worked hard,but,more importantly,that he was a very kind and empathetic person and she hoped he would never lose those qualities. It's not just results that count

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Jennifer Richards

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3 years

Please don't convey your displeasure by re-tweeting the scenes at Trafalgar Square. The BBC podcast of her son's distress at his mother's behaviour confirms that she thrives on the oxygen of publicity

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Jennifer Richards

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2 months

The kids are OK! My 2 English grandchildren visited me today. The 22 year old is starting his first job ( a good professional one) after Uni and my granddaughter is starting University in 3 week's time. They were polite and respectful in the face of their Grandpa's dementia.

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Jennifer Richards

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4 years

I think I'm allowed to say this at my age. Why prioritise the very old in this pandemic? We've had our lives. Don't sacrifice the chances of a whole generation

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Jennifer Richards

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6 months

Well, my husband has accepted having a window cleaner. What else can I introduce?

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Jennifer Richards

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2 years

I've just received a letter from the DWP saying that as I shall soon be officially Very Old I shall get an extra 25p a week on my pension. What presents would you all like?

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Jennifer Richards

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1 month

@LucyGoBag @DrSdeG The responsibility must have overwhelmed her. I feel for them both

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Jennifer Richards

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3 years

My daughter and son-in-law took my husband out this afternoon. I'm sure they could have used the time to rest. I am so grateful

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1 year

Any so-called civilized society that expects an 80 year old to care for a 90 year old with dementia is not fit for purpose

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Jennifer Richards

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2 years

Playing all sorts of music on Spotify to stimulate husband's memory. Heartbreaking. It used to be his life and passion, now remembers nothing

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Jennifer Richards

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2 years

Can people see me?

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Jennifer Richards

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4 years

OXFORD VACCINE APPROVED !!! Rejoice. Good morning each and all

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Jennifer Richards

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3 months

I know I complain about mydementia. But he remains so.kind ..He has climbed the stairs to.bring me 5 glasses of water since I went to bed. I only need one😪

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Jennifer Richards

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3 years

I have absolutely no idea how most elderly partners keep up with the sheer bureaucracy of having a spouse with dementia, in this age of online everything

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1 year

I am profoundly lonely and never alone . Does that make sense. Also there is a huge difference between solitude and loneliness

The Guardian

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My mother took bus rides to stave off the loneliness. There must be a better way | Yvonne Roberts

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Jennifer Richards

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5 years

@drmoderate @LeaveEUOfficial Just reported it.

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Jennifer Richards

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5 months

It's our 61st wedding anniversary today, I just realised. Was gathering together birth death and marriage certs to put in one place.

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Jennifer Richards

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2 years

Oh,my darlings I have signed up to mastodon and my 80 year old brain tissue is stretched to infinity

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Jennifer Richards

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4 years

It's so fucking difficult when you have a physically active dementia patient to care for. On your own

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Jennifer Richards

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3 years

Please could we ease off on the nuclear consequences with maps, etc..Some of us have been through this before with the Cuban Missile crisis. We do NOT welcome this disaster porn. We can do nothing about it anyway

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3 years

Christ, it's so.fucking *physically* tiring to live with someone with no short term memory

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Jennifer Richards

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2 years

I am finding it impossible to speak to an actual person at British Gas. They are "very busy" .You would think they would spend some of their profits on employing extra call staff when they anticipated being busy. Wouldn't you?

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Jennifer Richards

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2 years

Good morning, my lovelies. Does anyone remember I was complaining about some vile tweets the other day?I reported them and Twitter have blocked them!

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Jennifer Richards

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1 year

Please can everyone sweep the leaves off the pavement in front of their houses. I fell today. I know that this is special pleading , and nothing drastic happened to me, but it could increase the numbers of elderly in ED departments

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