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"My general experience of social care is misunderstandings. They're trying to put me into a box which I don't fit in, or they can't fit me in a box because there isn't one."
"With different bodies of health and social care, it's very hard to kind of get all the support that you need. And you get into this battle of 'How bad are your needs?' to get the support that you need. "
"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 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
"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 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."
"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."
"We use direct payments...it gives us the autonomy to recruit people who we think have a good relationship, a personalised relationship... It means that we feel dignified... And in our situation, it's far better than any care agency because of the flexibility, personalised relationships and because of the individualised training that...read more
"I know lots of people who gave birth around a similar time to me, and who came out of it feeling completely differently...disempowered. And they just had to go through certain things. Which is just really sad because I came out, to be honest, after I gave birth to my daughter...read more
"When it comes to social care, I'd only want to acknowledge the amazing work that so many charities, including churches and faith groups of all sorts, do."
"We're very lucky where we live that we have good access to surgery normality. But the fact that we have a surgery in our village once a week, which also serves all the local villages."
"We are dependent on our nurse practitioner on the island. So I'd like to keep that if I can."