i m back in newcastle. hello. greetings. there s word from bill. trouble, i hear? bad news. i m just beyond. are you? beyond everything. jo s had a nasty bout of flu. i m going round and round in circles. ..and the cruel grip of alzheimer s is tightening, as the days and weeks slip by. today, jo s childhood friend christine is here to help. little wee sip. for this internationally recognised, successful woman, daily life is now a huge challenge. i thought i was beyond exhausted the last time i saw you, jeremy. that was a walk in the park, compared to where i am now. bill now accepts thatjo needs full time care and wants her at the bradbury centre, with bev. but bev s still waiting for confirmation that the room can be used. can i have a little i listen to your chest? is that 0k? jo is struggling. bring that top up.
you ve got everybody here who loves you. bev and the staff here have set up a bed for bill right next tojo. you re safe, but you know something? if you re ready to go. ..let go, because i ll be ok. we receive her body into this church this morning. on behalf of everyone, we offer our condolences to bill. drjo helen wilson died at 1:30 pm on saturday, the 21st of january, 2023. she was 69 years old. may she now share with christ in eternal glory. drjosephine helen wilson, orjo, as we all came to know her. bill asked me to read
yeah. you re looking at puddles in the kitchen! we just all have to muck in here. that s right, bev reid is the boss of the entire dementia matters operation here. as well as the day centre, the charity provides residential care a 24/7 operation. it s not home time yet. bev says there s a crisis in the care sector. jeremy, it shouldn t be this bloody hard. day in, day out, it feels like we re living on the edge. the finances, the challenges around worrying about income, about bills. what s your mood now? frustrated. angry. because it really does feel like a forgotten agenda. are we all right, alan? what s needed is more sams. are we going to read back- through more memory lanes? more jameelas. john, john. more robs. everybody hungry?
is now a huge challenge. i thought i was beyond exhausted the last time i saw you, jeremy. that was a walk in the park, compared to where i am now. bill now accepts thatjo needs full time care and wants her at the bradbury centre, with bev. but bev s still waiting for confirmation that the room can be used. can i have a little i listen to your chest? is that 0k? jo is struggling. bring that top up. bill has called the doctor s surgery and caroline s here to help. you re doing really good. at this point, with no residential care place, a hospital admission could be on the cards. your heart is a wee bit fast. clearly, bill thinks that s a bad idea. when the oxygen s that low, - you would normally pop to hospital. right, and i m going to say no. i thought you might. but then, there s a call. hi, bill! ..from bev.
we could extend and increase our day services by opening over the weekend. just to be clear, if people are here then, for the most part, they re not in a hospital? exactly. dementia takes so much from so many. for bill and jo, the reality is that this weekend will be their last days at home, under one roof, after 47 years together. a car sjust outside, waiting for you. it s monday morning, the 16th of january, 2023. a new week, a new hope. one big step, jo. after months of waiting, jo is finally leaving her home for a place in care. bev is here to welcome her. how s she done today with food? this is desperately needed support. jo can now settle in. here in the bradbury centre, starting her residential care. she s in the right place.