Caroline Smith
General Manager of Apprenticeship Careers Australia (Sydney), a former PE teacher who retrained in accounting and has 15+ years' experience in finance, education and business leadership.
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Sep 22, 2026
Caroline SmithGUEST
Well, I think in the initial stages, I think it's a really funny one because actually you can start to almost say goodbye to somebody even when they're still here.
Caroline SmithGUEST
I mentioned the cognitive impact before and he'd lost his ability to speak in the last couple of years.
Caroline SmithGUEST
So I think that that's when you start to realise that things have changed entirely and you don't know how that happened, but it happens over a long period of time.
Caroline SmithGUEST
For him it was eight years, but it felt like it just happened so suddenly for us.
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