I am 66 years old and I live in my own home. After a long career as a nurse in Kent and London, I was medically retired in 1996 following a stroke.

In 2004, I fell over and fractured my leg and then contracted MRSA while I was recovering. I do not think I received the care I should have done in hospital and actually fractured my leg again after another fall. All my current problems stem from mobility.

The care which I receive is the bare minimum. It meets my physical needs, but nothing more. I am visited by care workers four times per day.

It would be nice to have the same people, so I can get to know them and so I know who's coming. With the good care workers, the care is good. But the others leave a lot to be desired.

It would be nice not to have to worry about using so much cash on indifferent care. People like me should have more say about the care they receive. That would be fairer.

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