Emma Thompson: 'The meds are amazing' Star on caring for her disease-stricken mother

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condition is having on her. Having looked after her mother throughout the COVID-19 lockdown, with the help of her husband Greg Wise and daughter Gaia, Thompson described their lockdown situation as something straight out of a film. "It's very funny, you know, living in between a 20-year-old, the fruit of my loins, and my mother," Thompson shared back in a 2020 interview. "There probably should be a short film made about me giving my mum a shower, which I do with me in the shower too," she quips. "Looking at the 20-year-old body, and thinking 'gosh!' then looking at the 87-year-old body, and inhabiting the body that is in between. "That's amazing, to be connected in that way, generationally. "DON'T MISS: Sean Connery's widow on 'devastating effect' dementia had on Bond star - 'Took its toll'Not sharing much about her mother's experience with the condition, one thing Thompson did share was the following: "It's a bit like living in a cross between a care home and a gastropub. "Before going on to say: "Mum is quite lame so it's a case of taking her out in a wheelchair, and making sure she takes her medication.

The meds are amazing. "We can shield her here quite easily, and she moves more here, too, because she is interested in looking at the trees and the birds.

In London, it's more difficult. "Crediting her young daughter Gaia and her eagerness to help around the household, Thompson said that sharing duties is "working quite well".

She said: "Gaia has taken it on herself to cook, which helps a lot. I used to love cooking but - I don't know why - I don't want to now. "I'm quite happy with a can of beans, but it's nice that she wants to do it.