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• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 41-50 >> Interview 30 >> Both he and his mother noticed that some nurses were more diligent at cleaning and preventing the spread of infection than others.

His father died in ICU, aged 83. Being an intensive care doctor, he was able to provide information and support to his mother and brother.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview 27 >> She felt her husband needed specialist support for his brain injury but wasn't getting this on the ward he was moved to.

Her husband had cardiac arrest and was admitted to ICU. She is his full-time carer and worries about leaving him on his own because of his memory.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview 04 >> Her son walked for the first time since his accident when he was in a rehabilitation unit and she praised the support he received from a physiotherapi

In October 2004, her son had a motorbike accident and was admitted to ICU. He had a serious head injury and broken jaw.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview 05 >> He felt there was a lack of medical support after ICU and that his wife's recovery depended very much on the care given to her by him, his daughter an

In 2003 his wife was involved in an accident in the home. He stayed at the hospital for two weeks while his wife was in the first ICU.

• Intensive care >> Intensive care: experiences of family & friends >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview 37 >> Get as much support as possible once the ill person is back home, from GPs, hospital doctors and physiotherapists.

His wife spent 49 days in ICU because of severe lung problems. After her illness, he became involved in helping improve services for ICU patients.