Hi everyone, My story is similar to other former carers on this topic. In 2011, I gave up a well paid job after 26 years with the same company to care for my mum who had just been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. I got no support from my employer and as mum was not able to look after herself any more, bu...

I have been caring for my 87 year old mother for almost six years now, without any help. She is now in the late stages of dementia and has just spent 11 weeks in a later life mental health facility after being sectioned under the Mental Health Act last November. I pushed for her to be discharged hom...