Jean's devotion to husband John sees her feeling isolated ; Jean McDermid is 70 and ought to be enjoying her retirement. Instead, she faces a constant battle to take care of her husband John who has Parkinson's disease

From: Express & Echo (Exeter UK) | Date: March 29, 2008 | Copyright information

Jean McDermid is 70 and ought to be enjoying her retirement. Instead, she faces a constant battle to take care of her husband John who has Parkinson's disease

Caring for her husband John with Parkinson's disease is something Jean McDermid has been doing for more than a decade.

But the 70-year-old from St David's is exhausted by the job and admits there will come a time when John has to move into full-time care.

The chair of Devon Link Focus Group, Mrs McDermid and her husband used to run a nursing home and so she can identify the signs when someone needs professional care.

She said: "Through ...

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