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How staying home meant the world to Fay and John.
Fay and John, aged 80 and 84 years, have seen many changes over the sixty years they’ve lived in their family home at Chester Hill.
From a young married couple with a $16 monthly mortgage, to a growing family with two young children, to retirees nurturing their garden – their home holds a lifetime of love and memories.
When John was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1995, Fay cared for him until they discovered she was suffering from cancer and it became impossible for them to cope on their own.
BaptistCare supported Fay and John with low level care services, including domestic assistance, respite care for John, gardening services and their CareCall Emergency Response Service for each of them.
John was hospitalised in December 2013 - and Fay had a heart attack while John was still in hospital – so John needed to be placed in a residential aged care centre. This left the couple devastated.
“It really upset us. I would visit John everyday but we still missed each other terribly, so when Jacqui Borg, our BaptistCare Coordinator, came to visit me and said that she wanted to help me bring John home, I was so happy,” Fay said.
“YouChoose has given us the means to stay together in our own home. BaptistCare have been angels and we couldn’t have survived without them. ”
Design your own care with YouChoose at http://www.youchoose.org.au.
