I moved abroad when flights home were cheap. Now caring for my aging dad is much harder and more expensive.

The author (left) said living far away from her dad has made it difficult to help him as he ages. Courtesy of Victoria Peel Yates. I moved to Italy to be near my partner's aging parents. Now it's my dad who needs help. Flights have been getting more and more expensive, so it's hard for me to get home to help him. I feel torn between the life I built in Italy and a parent who needs me in the UK. When I threw a party in Italy to celebrate my 40th birthday, it felt like the start of a new chap...