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Symptoms creep up on you, bringing new care needs just when you thought everything was working well.After struggling with her balance for some time and suffering a series of falls, our mother, Jenny, was initially diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s around eight years ago in her mid-60s. As new symptoms presented themselves, the diagnosis was changed to progressive supranuclear palsy, which results in difficulty with balance, movement, vision, speech and swallowing. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2017\/jan\/21\/hiring-carer-learning-curve-insurance-contracts-pensions\" target=\"_blank\">Hiring a carer for my mother was a huge learning curve, but help is available<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; From finding insurance to writing contracts and contributing to pension schemes, the unseen elements of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-aLu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54809,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/aviva-pilots-carer-scheme-amid-drive-to-attract-baby-boomers\/","url_meta":{"origin":41384,"position":0},"title":"Aviva pilots carer scheme amid drive to attract Baby Boomers\u00a0","date":"May 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Aviva pilots carer scheme amid drive to attract Baby Boomers\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":142954,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-fell-for-his-patter-how-rogue-builders-left-a-carer-13000-out-of-pocket\/","url_meta":{"origin":41384,"position":1},"title":"\u2018I fell for his patter\u2019: how rogue builders left a carer \u00a313,000 out of pocket","date":"March 9, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Lack of UK regulations means anyone can set up as a builder \u2013 and cowboy traders are thought to cost homeowners \u00a33.5bn a yearThe nightmare began with a leaking roof. 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