Written by Ming Ho in 2015…

I have put off writing this for a long time – an episode I’d rather forget. But as August has come around again, the city familiarly desolate, friends posting happy family snaps from far-flung beaches and villas, I find myself back in the bleak summer of 2011: the year I put my mum into care.
Ever since I was a little girl, mum had said to me, “never put me in a home”…..read this great two part blog in full at…

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(Dementia Just Ain’t) Sexy: My Biggest Lie: Part 1

(Dementia Just Ain’t) Sexy: My Biggest Lie: Part 2

More blogs from Ming Ho about care homes:

• Five-Star Hotel, Five-Star Care? Part 1: a Good Home
• Five-Star Hotel, Five-Star Care? Part 2: Problems
• Five-Star Hotel, Five Star Care? Part 3: Crisis
• Five-Star Hotel, Five-Star Care? Part 4: Conclusion
• Stigma
• Why residential care can be the best option
• In praise of empathy