LMAO GMB45,
my Wife's a Brummie,been in Notts nearly thirty years and still can't speak Nottingham.Examples-LAARF=LAFF,RIING=GIV/GE US A CALL/RING.They are a friendly bunch though!!
On a more serious note I empathise with your situation-I work in the Health Service and have seen too often the strain that caring for people with your Wife's problems can have on the Carer and the rest of the family.People make statements about scroungers all too easily without a due thought process.I'm sure we all know people who are taking the rise out of the system who know how to bleed it dry-these are the section that need to be targetted not people who basically give up any life of their own to care for a loved one and at the same time saving the already crippled Health Service a wad of cash.
It also means that your Wife is where she should be,in her own home and not looking at magnolia walls in God's waiting room.
Best wishes,
Craig.
Nottingham and Proud.