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The carers knew what mattered to me.
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I’ve got to be perfectly honest,
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I had three of the best carers
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that anybody could have.
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I’d been reluctant to have carers
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because I was so independent,
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they’ve done lots for me,
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I’ve got to be honest about it.
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As part of our initial assessment,
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one of the major questions
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we ask at the end is ‘What’s important to you?’
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What matters?
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What are your goals?
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What to you want to be achieve with us?
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So, it was things like getting back to using the shower,
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it was being able to get back into the kitchen
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and start making proper meals again.
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It was able to use the Zimmer frame around the room
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and to use the stair lift in order to remain living upstairs.
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They knew that I was a very independent person
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and I like to do things myself.
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I mean, I’ve always been happy with cooking
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ever since I was a youngster.
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I’ve spent a lot more time out there
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in this last couple of weeks,
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since I’ve been getting more active on my leg.
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I don’t think there was a week
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I came where he hadn’t made some form of progress
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and it was just being able to tell him
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that he’d been able to achieve this because Bill
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like to go from 0 to 100 and wants to be able to
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do everything himself straightaway, where I think
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it was just making sure he acknowledged
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that he had come a long way.
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People, when they’ve come out of hospital
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and realise that they’re unable to do something
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it has a huge toll on their mental health, their wellbeing,
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their social interactions.
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They lose a lot of confidence
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and I think having a service or therapists around
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that are able to promote that independence
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and support with regaining it
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enables them to be able to feel happy living again.
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I’ve got a different look on it now than I did.
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I’m grateful for everything they’ve done for me
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they’ve done wonderful.