The Way Forward

How this website can be useful.

Are you someone who is turning from a wife or a husband, a son or a daughter, a partner or a friend into that 24/7/365 person called a carer? Have you spent weeks, months, years never having the sort of conversation I had with that lady on the train? If so this message board is here to help you.

Put your questions or comments on the message board and the male and female volunteer helpers and I will get back to you, either for a conversation or to point you in a direction where you can get the best local help. You don’t even have to give your real name. Hopefully over time you will be in a situation where you can use the message board to help others who find themselves in your situation.

Maybe your concerns are practical or maybe they are emotional – or both. Perhaps you simply need an understanding shoulder. Nothing is too small or too insignificant. I know for I’ve been there.

Please be aware, however, that I am not a clinician or a medical person of any sort. Nor am I someone who would tolerate inappropriate language – there's a very handy delete button! I simply had the idea of setting up a place where people who are in the situation I've described can offer each other support.

Jill.