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• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview 28 >> Her son-in-law was extremely confused when he came round, had a poor memory for quite a while afterwards but did gradually improve.

Her daughter was admitted to a ward and her son-in-law to ICU after they had a car accident. She stayed in their home so she could visit.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview 20 >> To help his wife understand that she'd been hallucinating, nurses took her back to visit ICU when she was on a ward.

In 2004 his wife and her mother spent six months in hospital and was admitted to ICU three times because of sepsis and heart problems.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 30 & under >> Interview 21 >> Her partner only realised how long he'd been in hospital when he saw that his baby daughter had started teething.

In 2005 her partner had a car accident and spent over four months in ICU. She visited daily while her mother looked after her new baby.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 41-50 >> Interview 17 >> She felt more reassured when her husband was transferred to a specialist hospital, because he was still very weak, confused and needed a lot of care.

Her husband was admitted to ICU because of a brain aneurysm. She spent eight weeks visiting him in two different hospitals, sometimes staying overnight.