Kate Garraway Reflects on Taking Care Of Husband Derek Draper
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Kate Garraway has actually exposed that she still wakes up in the the night stressing that she hasn't offered her late spouse Derek Draper his medicine.
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The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, reviewed his end of life care in an honest brand-new interview on Wednesday.

Derek died at the age of 56 in January 2024 following a four-year fight with long Covid.

Speaking in The Sun, she told of how those difficult years remain in her thoughts.

She explained: 'I still get up in the middle of the night panicking that I haven't provided him his medicine, or that I have actually forgotten to move him every hour to avoid the uncomfortable contractions in his limbs.

Kate Garraway has actually exposed that she still awakens in the the night worrying that she hasn't provided her late husband Derek Draper his medicine

The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, assessed his end of life care in an honest brand-new interview on Wednesday

'The next second I realise he no longer requires that care. There is a moment of relief - that I did not let him down - before a tsunami of .

'Caring takes over your whole life. You don't begrudge it, but you suffer because of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest pains after suffering severe tension while partner Derek remained in recovery.

She required medical help of her own after being woken by the 2am alarm she sets each night for Good Morning Britain - and finding she could not move to turn it off.

In her book, The Strength Of Love, the presenter explained how she then felt a 'searing discomfort' in her chest and was instantly required to the nearest A&E for tests.

Kate has been busy managing a chaotic work schedule, as the real level of her debts are exposed.

She has actually freely gone over how she has been entrusted financial obligations between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after caring for her late husband Derek.

As well as taking on financial obligations associated with the ₤ 16,000 a month costs for his care, a brand-new liquidator's report has actually exposed the big tax expenses that are yet to be paid by Derek's now-defunct psychotherapeutic business Astra Aspera.

Derek died at the age of 56 in January 2024 following a four-year fight with long Covid (seen in 2007)

She described: 'I still awaken in the middle of the night stressing that I have not provided him his medication'

The company, which was jointly managed by Kate, failed owing numerous thousands of pounds to financial institutions, including a large costs to HMRC.

Kate has actually been hectic promoting her various work jobs as her debts tower above her but it's not the very first time the broadcaster has actually needed to deal with financial troubles.

In 2012, two other companies jointly managed by Derek and Kate failed.

Fulfill Media Ltd had debts totalling ₤ 922,807, that included ₤ 88,486 owed to HMRC, ₤ 90,882 to trade financial institutions, and ₤ 462,808 in '3rd party loans'.

At the very same time, Countrymouse Media Ltd, was liquidated owing ₤ 189,121, which consisted of ₤ 98,944 to the taxman and ₤ 48,000 on an overdrawn directors loan account. Derek and Kate were both personally owed ₤ 24,000 each by the company.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate may need to offer the home to repay her present financial obligations with one source saying: 'It has actually cost numerous countless pounds to care for Derek and do whatever she might to get him much better but it's left her struggling.'

But hard-working Kate has been on a self-promotion blitz amidst her newest monetary issues.

Alongside her regular GMB work, the star plugged her Smooth Radio reveal this week, exposing she was 'chuffed' that the lunch break show now reached 2.8 million listeners.

She has also been teasing her finalizing in possibly among the most anticipated TV shows of year - Celebrity Traitors.

Along with the likes of Stephen Fry, Alan Carr and Jonathan Ross Kate headed to Scotland a few weeks ago to movie the spin off of the blockbuster BBC series.

Meanwhile, in February she was revealed as the host of a brand-new Dubai-set podcast and YouTube series - DXB Unheard.

Each of the eight episodes, which are released weekly, feature interviews with Emiratis and Dubai homeowners 'who have actually left an indelible mark on the city.'

She recorded the series last year and has actually admitted that she discovered it 'interesting' to learn more about how people lived their lives at a time when she was pondering her future strategies.

Kate formerly revealed that Derek's ₤ 16,000-a-month care expenses eclipsed her GMB income, confessing in a 2023 interview that she couldn't even pay for to have the heating on in October.

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'distressing' chest pains due to stress in the middle of husband Derek Draper's COVID-19 fight: 'I thought I was having a cardiovascular disease'

Speaking before her partner's death, Kate stated: 'Derek's care costs more than my income from ITV and that is before you pay for a mortgage, before you pay any household bills, before you spend for anything for the kids, so we are at a crunch point.

'I owe money. I can't earn adequate cash to cover my financial obligation because I am managing Derek's care and I can't even utilize the money I do need to support Derek's recovery, since it's going on the basics all the time.'

In May last year, Kate openly exposed she's turned to withdrawing cash from her pension pot to pay the huge costs throughout a discussion about the NHS and personal care on GMB.

Sharing the outcomes of a survey that exposed one in five Brits are getting themselves into debt while moneying personal medical care, she confessed: 'I am doing something comparable myself.

'I have needed to withdraw the bit you can tax free from my pension to spend for belated bills for my husband, who has actually now passed away.

'People are having to do things - it wasn't a big pension in the first location - which aren't what they conserved for.'

Addressing the latest HMRC filing, Kate's spokesperson told MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'stunned' TV star 'does not recognise these figures' and touches with HMRC to ensure she 'honours what is required'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest pains after suffering extreme tension while hubby Derek was in healing

Their declaration checked out: 'Kate has met all that the liquidators of Derek's company have asked for and more over the previous 4 years.

'She does not identify these figures and is stunned that it's being provided in this way by them.

'Taking care of Derek and supporting her family when Derek could no longer run his own companies has taken a huge monetary toll on her but she's identified to put things right.

'She remains in continuous contact with HMRC to ensure she honours what's needed from Derek's now defunct company.'

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