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Well, it took 6 months but finally the love told lady who I visit, Maureen, is in the 'right' care home (the one of her choice, not the shitty cheap one that Wandsworth Council's lazy gits dumped her in), and even better – her friends and I are now allowed to take her out if we wish to. Can you believe out – she was actually a prisoner in the previous one, not able to leave it for many, many months as we were not family. Well what do you do when someone doesn't;t have any family?!<\/p>\n

The answer – try everything to change it. And after some legwork on my part – getting her GP involved, battling with the care home, Social Services etc – finally there was a massive chink of light when I wrote to Maureen's MP for a second time and BOOM. Within a few weeks she had been moved and things are hugely looking up.<\/p>\n

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Which meant that on Monday this week, I was able to collect Maureen (via a ton of tennis traffic) for a birthday lunch of fish & chips at Dora. Janine & I recently went to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibit at the Natural History Museum, where I bought Maureen a penguin to replace the one that Social Services 'lost' (along with most of her personal belongings, grrrrr). She loved Peter, as he is now called, and her penguin card. <\/p>\n

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Which gave rise to my favourite compliment from her – a gentle punch on the arm and her saying 'oh, you chump', as only an old lady can!<\/p>\n

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We followed up with some cake and a spot of tennis on the TV – a pretty good birthday and definitely a massive improvement on the past 6 months. Onwards and upwards! x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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