Kate Garraway Assesses Caring For Husband Derek Draper

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

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

Derek passed away 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 get up in the middle of the night stressing that I haven't offered him his medicine, or that I have actually forgotten to move him every hour to avoid the painful contractions in his limbs.

Kate Garraway has actually revealed that she still awakens in the the night worrying that she hasn't offered her late other half Derek Draper his medicine

The TV speaker and broadcaster, 58, reflected on his end of life care in a candid brand-new interview on Wednesday

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

'Caring takes control of your whole life. You don't begrudge it, however you suffer since of it.'

In 2023, Kate was hospitalised with 'distressing' chest pains after suffering severe stress while spouse Derek was in healing.

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 couldn't relocate to turn it off.

In her book, The Strength Of Love, the speaker explained how she then felt a 'searing pain' in her chest and was immediately taken to the nearest A&E for tests.

Kate has been hectic juggling a stressful work schedule, as the real degree of her debts are exposed.

She has actually honestly discussed how she has actually been entrusted debts in between ₤ 500,000 and ₤ 800,000 after taking care of her late husband Derek.

In addition to dealing with debts connected to the ₤ 16,000 a month expenses for his care, a brand-new liquidator's report has actually revealed the big tax costs 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 battle with long Covid (seen in 2007)

She discussed: 'I still wake up in the middle of the night worrying that I haven't offered him his medication'

The business, which was jointly managed by Kate, folded owing hundreds of thousands of pounds to lenders, consisting of a large expense to HMRC.

Kate has actually been hectic promoting her numerous work jobs as her financial obligations tower above her but it's not the very first time the broadcaster has needed to handle financial concerns.

In 2012, two other companies collectively controlled by Derek and Kate went bust.

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

At the same time, Countrymouse Media Ltd, was liquidated owing ₤ 189,121, that 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 service.

In January 2024, it was reported that Kate might need to offer the home to repay her existing financial obligations with one source saying: 'It has cost hundreds of countless pounds to look after Derek and do everything she could to get him better however it's left her struggling.'

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

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

She has actually also been teasing her signing in perhaps one of the most anticipated TV programs of year - Celebrity Traitors.

In addition to the similarity Stephen Fry, Alan Carr and Jonathan Ross Kate headed to Scotland a few weeks ago to film the spin off of the smash hit BBC series.

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

Each of the 8 episodes, which are launched weekly, function interviews with Emiratis and Dubai citizens 'who have actually left an indelible mark on the city.'

She filmed the series last year and has confessed that she discovered it 'interesting' to find out about how people lived their lives at a time when she was contemplating her future strategies.

Kate previously revealed that Derek's ₤ 16,000-a-month care costs eclipsed her GMB salary, admitting in a 2023 interview that she couldn't even manage to have the heating on in October.

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

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

'I am in debt. I can't make enough cash to cover my financial obligation because I am handling Derek's care and I can't even use the money I do have to support Derek's healing, since it's going on the basics all the time.'

In May in 2015, Kate openly exposed she's turned to withdrawing money from her pension pot to pay the big bills during a conversation about the NHS and personal care on GMB.

Sharing the outcomes of a study that revealed one in five Brits are getting themselves into debt while moneying personal medical care, she admitted: 'I am doing something similar myself.

'I have actually had to withdraw the bit you can tax free from my pension to pay for belated bills for my other half, who has now died.

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

Addressing the most recent HMRC filing, Kate's representative informed MailOnline on Wednesday that the 'surprised' TV star 'doesn't recognise these figures' and touches with HMRC to make certain she 'honours what is required'.

In 2023 Kate was even hospitalised with 'excruciating' chest pains after suffering severe tension while husband Derek remained in healing

Their statement checked out: 'Kate has satisfied all that the liquidators of Derek's company have actually requested for and more over the previous four years.

'She doesn't acknowledge these figures and is surprised that it's being provided in this way by them.

'Caring for Derek and supporting her family when Derek could no longer run his own businesses has taken a big financial toll on her however she's figured out to put things right.