you can t turn the heating off. it s on through the night, it s on through the day. also, all the equipment that we have to use to meet his care needs has to be left on the whole time. the electricity costs have gone up significantly. we feel very invisible. and itjust seems very, very unfair that nobody s considering what an impact that s having on the most vulnerable families. we have oil heating. so the minute the bills started going up, we turned the heating off. we were cold, but we had to make that decision. claire already found it impossible to heat her home last winter. she has three children, including baby robyn, and hasn t worked since a car accident five years ago. they ve already cut down on showers and washing to reduce their use of electricity. my partner does earn a good wage, but because i m not working and because of the energy price increases, it s put us on the bread line.
with michael himself suffering from a serious illness which left him in a coma, his partner, ellen, is often left to care for hari on her own, and she herself had suspected meningitis a few weeks ago. we ve already passed the breaking points, we are just on just go slow mode and just carrying on, we are completely empty. you want to go to school and see your friends? a bright little boy, hari would love to attend school, but has only been able to go a handful of times due to the situation. these are rare conditions that have very complex care needs, so finding appropriate staff and training them up to a standard where they are able to use tracheostomy equipment, non invasive ventilation, feeding tubes, etc, is a much more difficult process. the health board says they re committed to providing hari s care themselves due to a lack
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