Ruth Langsford has confessed that her mum Joan’s battle with Alzheimer’s illness is “all the time at the back of my thoughts”.

The 94-year-old resides in a care house, however Ruth, 65, manages all of her private necessities, together with accompanying her mum to medical appointments and dealing with any purchasing requests.

In an unique interview discussing her partnership with Amazon and UK charity Dementia Carers Rely, who’ve joined forces to develop an Alexa information for carers, the Free Ladies host revealed she typically experiences guilt if she ever overlooks any of her duties while caring for her cherished mum.

Ruth shared: “It is all the time at the back of my thoughts. I imply, I’m lucky that her care house is actually across the nook from me, and I can see the roof of her care house via my bed room window.

“And I all the time know… I used to be on vacation just lately, I do know she’s been nicely sorted, I do not fear. However she’s all the time at the back of my thoughts anyway, with no matter I am doing actually.”

“I take her flowers each week, I choose flowers from the backyard. If I am out and I see one thing and I believe, ‘oh mum would really like that,’ or I will get her that gardening journal – she does not actually learn anymore, however she likes the photographs.

“So when it is somebody you’re keen on, they’re all the time in your thoughts actually, no matter you are doing, and that is factor, I like her to be on my thoughts.”

Ruth confessed that she feels an additional burden to take care of her mum, as she is now her solely daughter following the tragic demise of her sister, Julia, in 2019.

She went on to say: “Nevertheless it’s the accountability factor. I haven’t got my sister anymore, sadly, and so I really feel that sort of… if I neglect to make her dental appointment, I really feel doubly dangerous than if I might forgotten my very own dental appointment, and I believe, ‘that is so dangerous, I am such a nasty daughter’.”

Fortunately, the ITV star has found that utilizing her Amazon Alexa has simplified issues, because the gadget and its related apps allow her to set audio and visible reminders for appointments, and likewise help her in staying organised with purchasing lists.

Ruth additional defined: “You’ll be able to put one thing in your diary, which I typically do, however except you take a look at the diary… I will see it [too late], after which suppose, ‘oh gosh, will I get again from work on time?’ So to have that reminder and set reminders, I believe can be very, very useful.”

The mother-of-one, who shares son Jack together with her estranged husband Eamonn Holmes, is raring to focus on the challenges that unpaid carers face on daily basis whereas caring for his or her family members.

She revealed: “Once I examine this marketing campaign I believed, any little factor that may assist any person who’s a carer in any method, whether or not it makes life faster, simpler, whether or not they simply really feel extra supported, whether or not they really feel much less alone – it may be very lonely – then it is a good factor.

“The issues that basically stood out to me are having the ability to add issues to the purchasing listing, the calendar, and the reminders, as a result of I am a really busy individual and we all know lots of carers have jobs, possibly have youngsters, they usually have a guardian or beloved one who wants assist, and it is lots of plate spinning, and it is lots of accountability, and also you neglect issues.

“So if one thing pops into my head, I believe, ‘gosh, I have to keep in mind to ebook a dental appointment for my mum,’ I can simply say it out loud – ‘Alexa, remind me to ebook a dentist appointment for mum, Alexa, please add bathe gel and toothpaste to my purchasing listing for mum’, and it is simply executed, and I do know it is executed.

“And really, with the purchasing listing, should you’ve acquired the app, the listing is in your cellphone. So something like that simply makes life simpler for any person who’s caring, they usually say there’s 700,000 individuals (unpaid, could I say) carers within the UK, and you don’t have any coaching, it is simply actually troublesome for individuals.”

Additional functionalities and an in-depth information might be discovered on www.dementiacarers.org.uk/amazonalexa.