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                               Goals





                               Helen is a Admin. When she was 12 her mother                                                                                                                                                                                                                “They are not a one size fits all”
                               was diagnosed with cancer. She died when Helen

                               was 15. As a result she became the leader of the

                               house cooking cleaning for everyone.








                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   “It takes way to long, thinking of talking to
                               Pain Points                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Someone, to getting the right person to talk to....



                               Her family didn’t support her at the time of her                                                                               Helen                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  We give up too soon”

                               loss. She does not feel she can go to them for

                               help                                                                                                                            Age: 56



                               isolated

                                                                                                                                                               Job: HSE Admin

                               She has become overly independent

                                                                                                                                                               Location: Galway                                                                                                         “It can be too impersonal text/ call lines
                               She finds it hard to find the right therapist for her.                                                                                                                                                                                             talk to someone who knows you services have

                               It takes to long so she ends up giving up                                                                                       Skil: Tech, Communication,                                                                                               better training the community have that

                                                                                                                                                                        Independence                                                                                             Personal care and  touch community is an under
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            valued resource”
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