Suzy McPhail has set up Restore Lecture Series – support for carers once their partner has gone into fulltime care. Suzy McPhail has witnessed it firsthand – dementia carers close to burnout as they work around the clock, often with no true respite. STUFF The memory care centre in Rototuna breaks the mould of what dementia units are like, Dementia NZ says. McPhail has launched the Restore Lecture Series – a series of motivational lectures that aim to help carers whose partner, or loved one, with dementia, has gone into fulltime care. “Suddenly there’s just you at home, and you are completely downsizing and changing the way you eat and cook,” Irvine said.

Source: Stuff May 13, 2021 01:41 UTC