It's been a long while since I recorded events here. Not a lot has happened.

Mum has continued to look better, but she got aggressive one day and slapped one of the careworkers. The rules say that we have to be notified of this. We were, but we read that as merely procedural compliance so that the home is able to justify any later action it takes. If more sedation is required, I think we will all just go along with it.

Dad was prescribed Serapax, to keep him docile. Greg reported that he was pretty zombiefied at first, but seems to have stabilised. His doctor wants to keep him on it. Greg took the TV up to dad's room, and installed it, but it seems dad is even struggling to remember how to switch it on and off these days. He has been upset recently by other residents walking away from him when he is talking. I know that the family simply got used to his repetition, but other people have no reason to. He is not as acute as others in his section, which clearly has mixed blessings.

I have not visited either mum or dad since the weekend we took dad in. I've not wanted to. It was a relief not to have to keep doing things for them, and I relished the change. However, the day I stopped clearing up after mum and dad I started clearing up after the two cats. I am disappointed to report that the toilet training simply never worked. As soon as I switched to using a litter tray with a hole in the middle the cats decided they would simply defecate anywhere else. Things got very strained for a while. I was angry at them, but tried not to show it, since that would only make them more confused. In the end, after a couple of weeks during which I mopped floors four times a day, I decided to put them outside in dog kennels. My apartment is at ground level at one side, and has a small fenced courtyard. The cats now spend their days there, or nearby, and sleep in their kennels. I bought the biggest dog bowl I could find to leave under the courtyard tap, full of water. And I just drop their raw meat on the stone paving, saving the chore of washing up after them each day. We all seem content now.