I had been in the BGH for a few days with a weakness in my right leg due to nerve damage and could walk only with a zimmer or 2 sticks .Although I live alone my daugter who lives 200 miles away was with me for a few days when the phone rang . It was David from the team at BGH asking if I needed any help. That was the best thing that had happened to me since getting home ! David came and was very helpful and encouraging. He gave me lots if exercises to do plus lots of good advice . He came back with various walking aids, showed me how to use them and every day from then on someone from the team came to accompany me when I was practising walking. That was very good because I had no confidence going out on my own . David appeared from time to time to assess my progress until he decided that I no longer needed him or the other carers.
Thanks to them I can now manage on my own.I cannot praise enough
"the help i received from the Hospital to Home team at BGH"
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