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Intensive care: experiences of family & friendsArrow
Aged 51-60
Interview 20  

Interview 20

Age at Interview: 60
Background: Husband: Part-time minister/social worker, full-time carer, married with one adult daughter. Ethnic background/nationality: White British. Daughter: Hostels officer, single, no children. Ethnic background/nationality: White British.
Brief outline: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.


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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.

 



Husband: The year before all of this happened we went to a Christian conference in mid Wales and there was a lady there who was a double amputee, who was the wife of a minister there [place name]. And so when [my wife] was going through the experiences that she was, I made contact with him and really drew on his experiences. And they wrote a very long email setting out the things that they thought were important. You know about contacting the OT and what pieces of equipment you might need in place and what support you might need and things like that. And that was very helpful. 

We didn't necessarily find that we needed all of those ourselves. But it was useful to have that sort of check-list really of things that you might need. We have now got other friends who in a sense follow our footsteps, a couple from [place name] actually and the wife again had a double amputation and I think we have been able to pass out some tips to them. 
Jonathan Miller - Intensive care
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