THE SITUATION
Karen is a single parent with multiple sclerosis (MS). Her main carer is her daughter — 11-year-old Stephanie. Karen used to be able to get about a lot more, but her condition deteriorated recently, and she now needs to use a wheelchair most of the time. Stephanie was doing well at school but her attendance has become quite patchy, her schoolwork has suffered and she has dropped out of after-school activities like netball, which she used to enjoy. Teachers say she is quiet and withdrawn and has few friends.
Meanwhile, Karen urgently needs some adaptations to the family home. At the moment she cannot easily get into the kitchen in her wheelchair and struggles to use the downstairs shower room, making her less independent and causing her to rely on Stephanie at lot more.
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