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73It was agreed he would come and start that Sunday. She told him she had Alexa devices set up. One was in each room. It was so he or she could check in on mum visually.%u201cShe used to use them if she needed help, but she no longer understands them. She has a buzzer. It%u2019s right next to her, and she knows how to use it. I can help you learn the ropes on Sunday if you come over late morning. But Monday, you%u2019ll be on your own.%u201cFine. I%u2019ll manage.%u201d He told her.Keith came that Sunday. She explained to him the entire routine: pill taking, breakfast, dinner%u2014feeding her, a small drink of wine or a short at night on top of the oral liquid opiate. It helped her sleep, Tina told him. She explained the Alexa naming of the various rooms. So your say %u2018Alexa, drop in on...%u2019 she said.She helped him all through the day including taking her mum, Elsie to the toilet. %u201cShe needs wiping after doing a number two. If you let her do it, she smears it all over her bottom.%u201d%u201cI know. I have done all this for years,%u201d Keith told Tina.At the end of the %u2018training%u2019, Tina sat with Keith in the living room, sharing a bottle of white wine with him.%u201cPhew. Quite a day. But I think I%u2019ve covered everything.%u201d she said and sipped her wine.%u201cYou have. I%u2019ll sleep in the annexe during my trial period. If she needs help during the night, I will be closer. Did you move the receiver for the button into there?%u201d%u201cOh, dear. No. It%u2019s in the spare room. I thought you would be in there,%u201d she replied.He smiled. %u201cI%u2019ll fetch it when we go to bed. No need to fret, Miss Richardson.%u201dThe Carer