Home from Home: Journeys into Care for Older Adults
Keziah Wenham-Kenyon has been having conversations with people that make up a fragment of the sprawling social fabric of the care system for older adults. This three part series will take a closer look into care, from perspectives that are underrepresented and intersections that require more compassion-led, people-focused support than traditional forms of care are currently providing.
Season 1 is also available now, produced and composed by Jennifer Bell of stories gathered from people across the country of their experiences of the care system for older adults in the UK.
Season 2
Produced and Narrated by Keziah Wenham-Kenyon
Artwork by Jasmine Thompson
Season 1
Produced and Composed by Jennifer Bell
Artwork by Naomi Gennery
Home from Home: Journeys into Care for Older Adults
Season 1 Episode 3: A Lease of Life
“One night I woke and thought, what is that noise? It sounded like a dog that had its leg broken. It was my dad. He was crying and saying ‘Jesus, I’m sorry.’ It happened regularly that was going on”
Paul’s personal account of how he felt about his dad growing up, and how that has affected the way in which he sees him become an elderly man with Parkinson's, in need of profound support. He describes the exhaustive care his mum offered, and the guilt they all felt when he finally went into a care home, despite having been adamant he never wanted to go.