I loved the course, absolutely loved it! Sue’s mum has dementia, she doesn’t live close by, so Sue’s sister supports mum with the practical stuff and Sue helps with the admin side of helping a parent. Sue’s husband, Dave, has Parkinson’s. She visits mum weekly and also volunteers as a photographer with Dancing with [...]
On Wednesday 12th June I travelled to London to attend an event organised by the Carers Trust in support from Age UK. I was invited to Parliament by Age UK alongside 2 gentlemen carers from the Greater London areas, Costas and Arvind. We had the opportunity to speak to MPs regarding social care, the care [...]
Empowered taught me that Tommy’s world is fine, his world is wonderful, but I need to do little tweaks and adjustments to my world. Tommy will be 88 in August, he has vascular dementia. Tommy married the love of his life, Marlene, when he came out of the forces at 22, Mum was 19. [...]
Ronelle cares for her mum at home with some support from her husband and other family members. She was referred to Empowered Conversations last year, she has since completed both communication courses and attended Empowered Carers sessions. “When I did the first course last year, I felt overwhelmed by what it would actually take for [...]
Donna works for the Reablement Service in Oldham, she recently attended Empowered Conversations : Professional. How would you describe the course to colleagues? "It was very interesting. Staff with a lot of experience can become a little bit robotic, you do things a certain way because that’s what you were taught and that’s the [...]
Daniella’s mum has Alzheimer’s, she lives at home with her husband and adult son. ‘Dad tries his best, but he struggles to accept change and what mum’s going through. He has accepted some help, we now have carers coming in, mum goes to the Age UK Buddy group and to Poppy Day Centre through the [...]
Kim is 38 years old; she married Alan in 2006 after a whirlwind romance. Alan is 76 years old; Kim lovingly describes him as the ‘pain of my life’. Alan has dementia, he’s in a hospital bed in the front room and needs a new hip, Kim has her own health issues. The couple have [...]
Teresa lives in Lancashire; she’s married with two grown up children and a lovely dog called Ollie. Teresa has 4 siblings and was brought up in Salford, her parents were originally from Ireland and were so proud that all of their children graduated from university. Teresa was a self-employed IT Project Manager before ‘being forced [...]
Rik has been married to June for 47.5 years, they have 5 children and 30 grandchildren. June now lives in a care home local to Rik. Rik recently attended the Empowered Conversations and Moving Beyond Word courses. Can you tell us how you came to be on the Empowered Conversations course? It was over [...]
Karen lives in Sale with her husband and labradoodle, Ozzy. They have 3 children, two girls and one son who is profoundly disabled and lives in a nearby residential home. Karen also has a brother. She moved to Manchester 2 years ago from Nottingham, 'most of my family were living around Manchester, so we moved [...]