families of people with complex medical needs, are warning the nhs system that funds their home care, is struggling to provide adequate support. the bbc has been following 24 year old declan spencerfor ten months witnessing how the repeated breakdown of his care, has left his mother having to provide it by herself. our social affairs editor, alison holt has their story. been doing this since he was a child, you know. and i m burning out, but no one actually seems to care. this is the reality of home life for 24 year old declan and his mother, alex. he has duchenne muscular dystrophy a muscle wasting condition. day and night are filled with medication, ventilator checks, physio and the care that keeps him alive. it s made, like, my chest and my lungs weak and my heart. so i have to wear. more often i have to wear my ventilator now. i m in the middle of something.
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left his mother having to provide it by herself 24 hours a day. our social affairs editor, alison holt has their story. been doing this since he was a child, you know. and i m burning out, but no one actually seems to care. this is the reality of home life for 24 year old declan and his mother, alex. he has duchenne muscular dystrophy a muscle wasting condition. day and night are filled with medication, ventilator checks, physio and the care that keeps him alive. it s made, like, my chest and my lungs weak and my heart. so i have to wear. more often i have to wear my ventilator now. i m in the middle of something. they also face a constant struggle to find care staff to help. alex has been keeping a video diary for us since last october. i ve been looking after derek all day because he s still getting over pneumonia.