Dementia home care cuts: ‘My father has to be minded like a child’
SENATOR Rónán Mullen’s dad, Tom, is one of the lucky ones. He has his wife, Maura, a nurse, to take care of him and has his three children living close by in Galway.
Some days Tom Mullen gets Rónán’s name right. Other days he thinks that he’s his brother, not his son. Rónán and his family don’t like to correct him as they try to minimise stress in their home.
