Physical Needs

Adèle: A retired woman in her sixties who provides help to her husband who has muscular dystrophy as well as heart problems.

Adrienne: A working woman in her fifties who helps her now grown-up daughter who lives with cerebral palsy.

Agnès: A working woman in her sixties who is helping her ageing husband.

Aïcha: A 70-year-old retired woman helping her husband who is quadraplegic and aging.

Alexia: A retired woman in her 60s who cares for her husband who has been quadriplegic for more than 20 years.

Alice: A woman in her 50s who is helping her quadraplegic husband with a neurodegenerative disease.

Anaïs: A working woman in her fifties who has helped her aging mother for 10 years. Her mother lives in a semi-autonomous seniors home.

Andréa: A working woman in her sixties who provides help to her husband living with muscular dystrophy.

Anne: A retired woman in her sixties who is helping her quadraplegic husband.

Audrey: A working woman in her fifties helping her father who lives in a long-term care hospital.

Jeremy:  A retired man living in a semi-independent senior’s residence with his wife with severe rheumatoid arthritis whom he helps.

Jimmy: A 75-year-old retired man helping his wife who has a neurodegenerative disease, weakness in the lower limbs, and mood changes.

Joffrey: A retired man in his sixties who is helping his wife who is living with cancer, an autoimmune disease, and a neurodegenerative disease.

Joseph: A retired man in his 60s who helps his quadriplegic wife.

Justin: A retired man in his sixties who is helping his wife who had a stroke.

Mark: An older man caring for  his wife who has been diagnosed with cancer for the past 20 years.

Matthew: A middle-aged man who takes care of his mother who has lung cancer.

Murphy: An older man caring for his wife who has a spinal cord injury and is paraplegic.

Paisley: A woman who lives with and takes care of her husband who has Parkinson’s and a back fusion.

Paloma: An older woman who takes care of her husband who has rapidly progressing brain disease.

Pascale: An older woman caring for her husband who had a stroke and has cardiovascular problems.

Pearl: A middle-aged woman who takes care of her husband who has problems with executive functioning, anxiety, and organizing.

Pilar: A woman who takes care of her husband who was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease 20 years ago.

Pippa: A woman who takes care of her older mother who has breathing problems, which affects her mobility.

Portia: An older woman caring for her mother who has osteoporosis, hypertension and bladder problems.