88-year-old woman cares for her husband – 4 hours of respite

In a terraced house in Hulta in Borås, an 88-year-old woman lives with her husband, who is 96 and has dementia. She spends almost all of the week's hours at home caring for him.

All of her own life outside the house – walks, grocery shopping and her own medical appointments – is expected to be managed within 4 respite hours a week, meaning 4 hours when someone else takes over. "It's a bit tight," she says. Borås Tidning