In praise of caregivers

Beloved grandpa: The writer’s dad, Wong Heck Ming, recuperating at home and surrounded by grandchildren. On his right are Amy and her husband Paul who flew in from Sydney, and on his left are the writer’s children: Jillian, Nick and Kelly.

When a loved one requires long-term care, how many of us can really go the distance?

DAD is quite famous now, after my last column. That was the unintended result when I wrote about his painful spinal stenosis condition that led to his terrifying experience of drug-induced hallucinations. I was tired and stressed from his hospitalisation and with my column deadline looming, I decided to write what was uppermost in my mind, which was Dad.