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Caring: negotiating the passage as nobly as possible

How to be noble about the daily demands of managing bodily functions? 

... and filling in the 30 page form to get an attendance allowance so we can pay a young Indian woman, indentured to the local care agency to work 3-5 years for a visa, to manage it for us?
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Motivation -
​to keep walking - down the road with a fag packet and a £1 coin to the shop where Jamal will sell him a cigarette.

And as for the carer needing care?
I married a man much older than me, who cared for me and wishes he could still do more for me.
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RNIB: Living well with Sight Loss
“They went on and on and on”, said Ian, “and I couldn’t turn them off!”

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  ..  “I’m lost”, guiding handholds on doors, walls furniture... The security of routine – same time same place – what happens next?  ​What should I be doing”



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​Braces, trousers, pants and pads, phone in your shirt pocket, learn to say “Siri, call Ben” , learn to say "Alexa, play Yamandu Costa on Spotify.

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