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• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview 20 >> He found the practical advice from another couple useful and was later able to pass on advice to others who'd found themselves in a similar situation.

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 51-60 >> Interview 19 >> Her brother made huge progress at the rehabilitation unit and is now independent enough to live alone at home and visit the unit every day.

Her brother had an accident while cleaning his motorbike. He had severe head injuries and spent almost four weeks in ICU, where she visited him daily.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 31-40 >> Interview 01 >> Her sister is now much better, more independent and has spent a lot of time visiting friends before she eases herself back into work.

In March 2005 her sister was diagnosed with Guillain Barre Syndrome. This is a rare disorder of the peripheral nerves, those outside the brain and spinal chord.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 31-40 >> Interview 02 >> Shortly after taking her husband home, he received physiotherapy and occupational therapy, and she had two weeks off work to look after him.

In 2003 her husband had an accident while cycling on his mountain bike in woods close to their home. The accident left him with a serious head injury, fractures to his neck and spine, and a collapsed lung.