Life as a carer: how to support a friend caring for a loved one
Jessica Lockett | Getty Images For Rochelle Bugg, becoming a carer in her twenties was not something she ever expected – but it was a decision she made quickly and instinctively, after hearing that her mother, Shirley, had suffered a stroke. At the time, Rochelle (now 35) had just moved to London to start a new job in marketing, when she received the phone call from her younger sister, Olivia, that changed everything. She returned to her family immediately, with the gut feeling that something wasn't right. It later transpired that heartbreakingly, the doctors had got it wrong: Shirley ha...