Interview 42  

Interview 42

Age at Interview: 80
Sex: Male
Background: Is a married father with 1 adult child and is a retired lorry driver. Ethnic background/nationality: White/Scottish.

Brief outline:He had a stroke during a heart bypass aged 74 which caused right weakness & speech, memory & emotional problems. Medication: perindropril, furosemide (blood pressure) simvastatin (cholesterol), aspirin, dipyridamole (antiplatelet), dosulepin (depression).

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He realised that his wife could no longer lift him if he fell so he decided it would be better for him to go into a care home.

 



Do you mind talking again about the time that you and your wife decided it was better for you to come into the nursing home?

Well, it's, it's OK, go, go ahead with that but anyway… it was, it was me that decided in a way because I was watching her and she was getting thinner and thin every day and then she was worried about no being able to lift me and… decided, ken, this can't go on… She says, she said, “I, my back might go when I'm lifting you” which was, could true enough. I said, I said, “Well”, I said, “You've been bothered with your back for ages”. She said, “Aye” but anyway… that was alright and, and she said, “Well, I'll tell the doctor” and it was him that actually got me here. [My GP]. He said, “I'll, I'll look for a place for you” and this is the place he got.

Jonathan Miller - Stroke
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