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"As we moved into adult services, life's been difficult for all of us. And during the next few years, there were many failings. One of my big experiences is I've come across a lot of providers who say they can do a job that they can't do. This has had...read more
"Social care wise, it's working for me at the moment. But they just want to reduce my package and expect me to pay through the nose for it. And so that's driving me insane. "
"My son went away to residential college for three years, which we had to battle tremendously hard to get for him. And I think, you know, what somebody else said about obstacles being put in your way... that was my experience at that stage. It was 'Well, nobody gets residential...read more
"Another thing that could be better. Until very recently, where I live we had no post diagnostic support for adults with autism at all. So you go and get a diagnosis. And that will be that. You get a leaflet."
"We have somebody in now once a week, she absolutely adores her. She loves it. She loves the day when Martha comes in, because she is like a friend to her. They chat, they have a cup of tea, she helps with the shopping."
"When we went into lockdown, I thought, 'God, how is she going to get her shopping?' and this and that and the other. So I just went on a Facebook page for her area, just to see were there any health groups who were doing errands for older people and...read more
"We were extremely lucky when my Dad had his vascular dementia. Mum was looking after him. Then she had a fall and she couldn't look after him. We were told to contact through Crossroads Care. They actually care for the carers. Because my Mum wasn't able to look after Dad at that particular point, Crossroads came in and gave...read more
"With the death of my Mum and my Dad, the end of life care was absolutely superb... both in the professionalism of the staff but also in the sensitivity and care."
"We have a neighbour that comes in and asks us if we want anything down from the shop, stuff like that. And you do find a lot of people are a lot more helpful now, considering coronavirus. We have carers as well, and they take us round in the car and help us to get our shopping and everything."