Hidden Voices
Hidden Voices
Healthwatch Essex
'The Pursuit of Happiness' - Being an Unpaid Carer
36 minutes Posted Jun 5, 2023 at 7:53 am.
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In this episode, we talk to Joe Cooke, an unpaid carer, about his experience of caring for his wife Joan, who has Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia and Alzheimer's. Joe is one of two carers on our Collaborate Essex Disability and Carers Forum, which aims to provide feedback directly to health and social care services to help make a positive change. Joe goes into detail about what life as a carer is like, the advice he would give to other carers and how him caring for Joan has made their relationship so special.