22 min.

Season 1 Episode 3: A Lease of Life Home from Home: Journeys into Care for Older Adults

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“One night I woke and thought, what is that noise? It sounded like a dog that had its leg broken. It was my dad. He was crying and saying ‘Jesus, I’m sorry.’ It happened regularly that was going on”Paul’s personal account of how he felt about his dad growing up, and how that has affected the way in which he sees him become an elderly man with Parkinson's, in need of profound support. He describes the exhaustive care his mum offered, and the guilt they all felt when he finally went into a care...

“One night I woke and thought, what is that noise? It sounded like a dog that had its leg broken. It was my dad. He was crying and saying ‘Jesus, I’m sorry.’ It happened regularly that was going on”Paul’s personal account of how he felt about his dad growing up, and how that has affected the way in which he sees him become an elderly man with Parkinson's, in need of profound support. He describes the exhaustive care his mum offered, and the guilt they all felt when he finally went into a care...

22 min.