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Dame Meera Syal recalls 12 years caring for ill parents
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Dame Meera Syal: 12-Years Caring For My Parents & Surviving Divorce
What was said
"It was probably the hardest time of my life. It was like that for as long as 12 years. It was really hard."
Dame Meera Syal tells Davina McCall that caring for her parents for up to 12 years was the hardest time of her life. She says her mother developed cancer and her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s within weeks, while she was also raising children. She adds that the period brought overwhelming caregiving pressures, including financial and legal worries.
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- Speaker
- Dame Meera Syal · guest
- Programme
- Begin Again with Davina McCall
- Episode
- Dame Meera Syal: 12-Years Caring For My Parents & Surviving Divorce
- Clip time
- 59:08
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