Thank you all for your kind comments & support. I am so sorry it has taken me so long to reply, but things got far worse after I had posted up my original thread. My mother's 'dementia/pyschosis' actually turned out to be a very bad urinary infection that two doctors & three nurse visits hadnt bothe...

Hello all, I have been a full time carer for my mother of 91 who has severe osteo arthritis in both knees & right hip. I live with my mother, and have done since 1994 (arthritis developed in 1997) and gave up work in 2013 when her mobility got so bad she needed 24/7 care. I havent had a holiday for ...