Generation swap

[Aliantha]

My brother and I were just talking about our Dad the other day. He's starting to show early signs of demetia such as being forgetful, repeating himself and being a bit unreasonable about little things.

I'm not sure how we'll handle it if he progresses while he's still fit and healthy physically as he is now. He has his wife, but I suspect she'll leave him if he goes downhill too fast. Nothing against her, but she just wouldn't be able to cope that's all. I think there's a good chance we might move up to the farm and care for him there. Particularly if Dazza can develop his business enough that he can run it from home. It's a big conundrom for us all though. There's no way we'd be able to get Dad to stay put in a home or anything like that. It just would not happen. He needs the outdoors.

I really empathise with those of you caring for your parents now. It's a really hard job and it seems to bring nothing but heartache all the way around. All I can say is, they're lucky to have such wonderful sons and daughters as you.