I’d like to introduce you to some people I’ve met recently.
When Ulla was in her 60s, her husband had a stroke. When Line was 29, her son was born with Down’s syndrome. When Safa* was 12, she began helping to care for her little sister who has physical and cognitive impairments. When Ayesha was 27, her mother got cancer. When Katy was in her 40s, she became the full-time carer of her husband, who has a motor neurone disease. When Tracy was in her 50s, her dad got dementia. When Eric was 35, his husband got cancer. When Carlyle was 71, his wife had a stroke. When Josie was 31, her son was diagnosed with Asperger’s. When Karen was in her 50s, both her parents got dementia.
None of these people expected the care crisis to come to their own front doors. Perhaps you didn’t either, if you’ve experienced something similar – or perhaps you still don’t.
