Category: Blog
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Center Parcs
Short breaks away from home are just the tonic! Home life can become quite mundane at times and, having exciting opportunites to look forward to and focus on can help. It’s September so a time for us to embark on a short break to Center Parcs. We chose Longleat this time; we’ve been several times…
3.5 years on from point of injury, they invite you into their new world to see what life is like with a SCI, the daily difficulties, the happy moments and the things they learn along the way.
They hope this will help others to live their best life and encourage business owners to be mindful of the challenges we face.
Read the Family Blog here
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Cruising – The Sky Princess
First time cruising on Sky Princess and we’ve been considering the accessibility. Firstly, when booking I contacted the accessibility team to gain permission to bring medical equipment onboard – profiling bed with air mattress, mobile hoist, stand aid and shower wheelchair. Permission was given but disappointingly we were not advised the room was small. All moving…
3.5 years on from point of injury, they invite you into their new world to see what life is like with a SCI, the daily difficulties, the happy moments and the things they learn along the way.
They hope this will help others to live their best life and encourage business owners to be mindful of the challenges we face.
Read the Family Blog here
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Care
Employing the right people to provide care is essential.
3.5 years on from point of injury, they invite you into their new world to see what life is like with a SCI, the daily difficulties, the happy moments and the things they learn along the way.
They hope this will help others to live their best life and encourage business owners to be mindful of the challenges we face.
Read the Family Blog here
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Behind the Scenes!
The author describes their experience as family caregiver and admin following their father’s injury. Balancing a full-time job with caregiving tasks like managing medical supplies, staff rotas, and planning for emergencies is challenging. They emphasize the importance of communication, time management, seeking necessary support, and self-care in maintaining balance.
3.5 years on from point of injury, they invite you into their new world to see what life is like with a SCI, the daily difficulties, the happy moments and the things they learn along the way.
They hope this will help others to live their best life and encourage business owners to be mindful of the challenges we face.
Read the Family Blog here
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Adapted Housing
We’ve reached another milestone! 4 years ago, the renovations to provide a suitable bedroom and wet room for dad, were completed. It took us some time as a family to accept that renovations were needed. We lived in hope for a few weeks, even a couple of months, that the doctors were wrong and that…
3.5 years on from point of injury, they invite you into their new world to see what life is like with a SCI, the daily difficulties, the happy moments and the things they learn along the way.
They hope this will help others to live their best life and encourage business owners to be mindful of the challenges we face.
Read the Family Blog here
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Dental Access
Accessing dental support is difficult enough, even more so being a full time wheelchair user.
3.5 years on from point of injury, they invite you into their new world to see what life is like with a SCI, the daily difficulties, the happy moments and the things they learn along the way.
They hope this will help others to live their best life and encourage business owners to be mindful of the challenges we face.
Read the Family Blog here
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Weekend at Center Parcs
A weekend break at Center Parcs Longleat
3.5 years on from point of injury, they invite you into their new world to see what life is like with a SCI, the daily difficulties, the happy moments and the things they learn along the way.
They hope this will help others to live their best life and encourage business owners to be mindful of the challenges we face.
Read the Family Blog here
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Let’s Swim
We did it! Hydrotherapy brings so many positives to our wellbeing. An amazing day with dad in the water.
3.5 years on from point of injury, they invite you into their new world to see what life is like with a SCI, the daily difficulties, the happy moments and the things they learn along the way.
They hope this will help others to live their best life and encourage business owners to be mindful of the challenges we face.
Read the Family Blog here
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Are Accessible Toilets Accessible?
We are often needing to use accessible toilets, some are more accessible than others. Some businesses believe they have an accessible toilet but for users, they are often not as accessible as they could be. A lot are built with a standard manual wheelchair in mind. What we have is, a motorised tilt in space…
3.5 years on from point of injury, they invite you into their new world to see what life is like with a SCI, the daily difficulties, the happy moments and the things they learn along the way.
They hope this will help others to live their best life and encourage business owners to be mindful of the challenges we face.
Read the Family Blog here
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Table Tennis!
A morning out with the Spinal Injuries Association and an opportunity to give table tennis a try at Plymouth Life Centre! No idea what to expect with table tennis but we’ll give it a go! It was a slightly earlier start for the PA’s to help dad get up and ready. They never mind though,…
3.5 years on from point of injury, they invite you into their new world to see what life is like with a SCI, the daily difficulties, the happy moments and the things they learn along the way.
They hope this will help others to live their best life and encourage business owners to be mindful of the challenges we face.
Read the Family Blog here
Daily Life with a C4/C5 Spinal Cord Injury 