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When Heather’s eighty-one year old mother is rushed to hospital with a secret she can’t yet share, Heather steps into a role she never expected – full-time carer for her father, whose Parkinson’s and early-onset dementia have been quietly managed by her mum for years. Between scrubbing porridge from care home dishes and racing down country lanes, Heather must learn to wash, dress, and medicate a man she loves but barely recognises. With COVID-19 lockdowns closing every door, a brother who lives two hundred miles away, and her own mental health teetering on the edge, she discovers the brutal truth of what happens behind closed doors. Take Care is a raw, darkly funny, and deeply human memoir about the moment the child becomes the parent – and the invisible army of adult children everywhere who are quietly holding their families together, one broken night at a time.
ISBN : 978-1-80603-709-4
Scheduled: 10/09/2026
Pages : 204
Size : 205x140
Imprint : Olympia Publishers
Heather Lynch
Having worked in social care for fifteen years and, against the odds, achieved a BA (Hons) in Health and Social Care, her main ambition in life is to have fun, whether it’s watching a murder mystery on TV, playing with her grandchildren, going out for a meal or to a pub to watch live rock music. Ziplining, zorbing, swimming, going on holiday – as long as it involves having fun, she’s there. The author may be a senior, but she wants people to say, “Oh NO! What’s she up to now?” rather than thinking she’s a sweet old lady.
