Papers

I don’t look at these. They are in my bedroom. I don’t know what they are for. I’m happy to have them in my room.

My Duvet

It makes me feel warm and comfortable I hear someone’s TV. I hear my friend talking to me in the evenings from his room. I smell fresh bedding on a Friday. I see the TV. I touch the soft duvet I feel fine.

The sofa

I have sat on this sofa, but usually this sofa is for staff (Researcher note - Staff phone is charging)

Outside the Window

I like the view, This is the view from the kitchen

Fruit

I like the smell of fruit, There is always fruit in the house

This is my room. When I get out my room I was feeling dizzy. I had a fit. The staff came to my room, they were looking after me.

My scarf and my teddy. My mum gave me the scarf. The staff gave me the teddy for my birthday. She is called Penny. I give her a cuddle. She stays in my room.

This is my CD. My favourite songs are Turn Around Bright Eyes, Dancing Queen, Brown Girls in the Ring, By the Rivers of Babylon. The CD is not working.

That’s my friends and the staff in my house. That’s my friend Sally (staff). Sally was looking after me. I miss Gloria, I was crying in here. Anya is left, Cleo is left, Sally is left, that’s why I was crying.

I call my mum, my brother, my sister and my dad. My mum’s number is *******. That’s my mum’s number. My mum lives at home with my sister. On a Friday and on a Saturday and on a Sunday I want my mummy and my sister to come to my house to take me home.

G loves his bath. He likes to move his legs and splash and feel the water.

Kitchen table. G doesn’t really like sitting here with everyone else. He will want to go and sit in the quiet room and they serve his food there. G likes his space. He gets on with the other residents, he will look at them and smile at them, but he doesn’t want to sit there with them. He likes to interact more with staff.

We call it the quiet room, G likes to sit here and watch TV by himself, he likes to be by himself. Gary likes comedy. One time I was in his room and Mr Bean came on and he was laughing. I want to buy him some videos so he can watch Mr Bean in the quiet room. I would like some quiet lights for him in there for him.

G has a girlfriend at the day centre. Bernie (one of the staff) will give one of the flowers from the garden to give to his girlfriend and G will laugh and laugh!

They went on holiday and they bought the teddy for him. He doesn’t like teddy bears, he looks at it, but doesn’t want to hold it but it is a souvenir from his holiday so he likes to keep it in his room. If you want to take it out he will say no! I want to take out his shoes but he says no, even though he doesn’t wear them, because some of them are bought by his sister.

This is the corridor in M’s flat. I think it looks institutional. I think M would like it with better lighting and more pictures.

There are things here I would like to change for M. He really loves taking a bath, but the pipe came out and then the plumber could not find a part, I think this was because of COVID. M could not take a bath for a year. It is fixed for now, fingers crossed.

I think M would like to change the Spice Girls poster. It has been there a long time. I think he needs a new picture – maybe an elephant spurting water!

M watches TV after breakfast, between 4 and 5 when he comes back from the day centre and after dinner

This shows the furniture in the garden and the state of the garden. M likes to sit outside in the garden. The rocking seat broke and we could not find a way to replace it. I would like to give more attention to the garden, plant more flowers in the spring, get a new grass cutter.

M hears the blender is on. M smells the food cooking. M sees the staff doing the cooking – he likes to watch people cooking M tastes his food. Staff have to use the blender because otherwise he can’t swallow. Staff blend each kind of food separately so that M he knows what kind of food he is getting. He likes rice, chicken – spicy but not too peppery - and dessert, pudding. He feels if the food is not too hot or cold. He won’t eat if the food if the heat is not right for him or if the spicing or sweetness is not what he likes.

This is where I used to live. Jamie's coat is in the photo. I am wearing a suit because it was for a funeral for someone who lived there. It was a good friend, at the time it was a sad feeling. I can’t remember much it was a long time ago. I’m not very good at talking to people that I don’t know.

Linked words: A block of flats with a chimney, some other flats, a gate where I go out into the road. There are other flats in the estate but I don’t know the people who live there.

When: In the afternoon Where: My living room Who? Just me What: TV, clock, table, chair, DVD, sofa, weighing scales, lamp How: I found the furniture in the room when I moved in Why? This is the way I like to live

I hear: birds, dogs barking, traffic I smell: trees I see: Is it a church? Houses, trees, foxes sitting about, squirrels, birds I taste: I touch: the railings feel cold I feel: alright, excellent!

What can I see here: 6 deers What is happening here: The deers are in the park, it goes on for miles How does this relate to your life: I usually go by myself to the park. I like to go for a stroll Why does this happen: I would like some company sometimes What can we do about it: I have not told staff about things I want to change

Leading out to the window

High Road The Church The wall Shops nearby Relaxed, chilled Close the curtains sometimes to look after my eyes

Shampoos

What can we see here? Shampoos and creams. Shampoos in front and foot palm stone/foot spa. All of it belongs to ME. What is happening here: Every Monday I have to have my hair washed with support How does this relate to your life? Very good, I buy them for my hair Why does this happen? Shower downstairs, I call someone to help me

Crack in the wall

When? This happened quite a while ago Where? In my bedroom Who? No one did it, it just stays there. Just a crack, you get used to it What? My room changed. Is it getting fixed? It is upsetting Why? Why am I waiting for it to be fixed? It is taking a while to fix it. It is frustrating, I want this to change

The front door

I hear: Knock, knock! Someone’s at the door. They leave deliveries outside, the staff bring them in I smell: Roses, yellow roses. When I sweep I smell dust I see: People come in, deliveries are left outside. Windows stand out, because I look out of them to see who is there I taste: Dust and feel dust in my eyes I feel: It doesn’t work, go round the back way. Yes! It's not me being nosey. If someone comes to see someone I go to my room and I don’t be nosey.

Conservatory

When? You can visit anytime, but you have to call and arrange before you come Where? The middle chair is my favourite place to sit Who? Ellie and Sara visit What? People come and visit. They come in round the back way, they do a lateral flow test Why? Because people meet there