Kate Garraway Reflects on Caring For Husband Derek Draper
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Kate Garraway has exposed that she still gets up in the the night panicking that she hasn't offered her late partner Derek Draper his medication.

The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, assessed his end of life care in a candid 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 hard years remain in her thoughts.

She described: 'I still awaken in the middle of the night worrying that I have not given him his medication, or that I have forgotten to move him every hour to prevent the painful contractions in his limbs.

Kate Garraway has actually revealed that she still gets up in the the night stressing that she hasn't offered her late other half Derek Draper his medication

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

'The next 2nd I understand he no longer requires that care. There is a moment of relief - that I did not let him down - before a tsunami of unhappiness hits.

'Caring takes control of your entire life. You don't resent it, but you suffer since of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'agonizing' chest pains after suffering severe tension while other half Derek was in recovery.

She needed medical support of her own after being woken by the 2am alarm she sets each night for Good Morning Britain - and finding she couldn't transfer to turn it off.

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

Kate has actually been hectic managing a hectic work schedule, as the true extent of her debts are exposed.

She has openly gone over how she has been entrusted to debts in between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after taking care of her late spouse Derek.

As well as dealing with debts related to the ₤ 16,000 a month expenses for his care, a new liquidator's report has exposed the large tax costs that are yet to be paid by Derek's now-defunct psychotherapeutic company Astra Aspera.

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

She described: 'I still get up in the middle of the night worrying that I have not offered him his medicine'

The company, which was jointly controlled by Kate, folded owing numerous countless pounds to lenders, consisting of a big bill to HMRC.

Kate has been hectic promoting her various work jobs as her debts loom over her but it's not the very first time the broadcaster has needed to deal with monetary woes.
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In 2012, 2 other companies collectively managed by Derek and Kate failed.

Fulfill Media Ltd had financial obligations totalling ₤ 922,807, which consisted of ₤ 88,486 owed to HMRC, ₤ 90,882 to trade financial institutions, and ₤ 462,808 in 'third party loans'.

At the same time, Countrymouse Media Ltd, was liquidated owing ₤ 189,121, which included ₤ 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 organization.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate might have to offer the home to repay her current debts with one source saying: 'It has cost hundreds of thousands of pounds to take care of Derek and do whatever she could to get him better however it's left her having a hard time.'

But hard-working Kate has been on a self-promotion blitz in the middle of her latest monetary issues.

Alongside her regular GMB work, the star plugged her Smooth Radio reveal today, revealing she was 'chuffed' that the lunchtime show now reached 2.8 million listeners.

She has likewise been teasing her signing in maybe among the most awaited TV programs of year - Celebrity Traitors.

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

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

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

She shot the series in 2015 and has actually confessed that she discovered it 'fascinating' to learn about how people lived their lives at a time when she was considering her future plans.

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

Kate Garraway was hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest pains due to stress amidst partner Derek Draper's COVID-19 fight: 'I believed I was having a heart attack'

Speaking before her husband's death, Kate said: 'Derek's care costs more than my income from ITV which is before you spend for a mortgage, before you pay any home costs, before you spend for anything for the kids, so we are at a crunch point.

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

In May last year, Kate candidly revealed she's turned to withdrawing cash from her pension pot to pay the big costs during a discussion about the NHS and personal care on GMB.

Sharing the outcomes of a survey that revealed one in five Brits are getting themselves into financial obligation while moneying personal healthcare, she admitted: 'I am doing something comparable myself.

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

are needing to do things - it wasn't a substantial pension in the very first location - which aren't what they conserved for.'

Addressing the latest HMRC filing, Kate's spokesperson informed MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'surprised' TV star 'does not identify these figures' and touches with HMRC to make sure she 'honours what is required'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest pains after suffering severe stress while hubby Derek was in healing

Their declaration read: 'Kate has actually satisfied all that the liquidators of Derek's company have actually asked for and more over the previous four years.

'She doesn't identify these figures and is shocked that it's existing in this way by them.

'Caring for Derek and supporting her household when Derek could no longer run his own businesses has taken a huge monetary toll on her but she's identified to put things right.

'She remains in constant contact with HMRC to make sure she honours what's required from Derek's now defunct company.'

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