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Resident case studies
“I’m gonna shine
like a star, because
I’m the only me
in this world"
- Little Mix, We are who we are
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KS's Story
KS came to live at Cascade in August 2017 after
experiencing an episode of psychosis and coupled
with a mild learning difficulty, it was felt that
her needs were best met in a residential care
environment. When KS first moved in she was very
shy and needed lots of support in various areas of her
life. It’s been one year since KS came to Cascade and
what a year it has been!
KS’s medication comes with the side effect of
increased appetite and the risk of weight gain. With
a strong passion for encouraging the physical and
mental health benefits of healthy lifestyles across
all of our homes, Cascade has worked with KS for
her to not only learn about her medication and why
she takes it but also to learn about what a healthy
lifestyle is and to empower her to be able to make
healthier choices around meals and activities.
A big passion of KS’s is music, in particular listening
to music, specifically Little Mix. Whether you’re a
fan or not if you’ve worked with KS over the last
year you will know every lyric to every song! Before
coming to Cascade KS needed a lot of support to
access community activities and could often display
behaviours which made time in the community
unsafe. With support from staff using ‘mutual
expectations’ and ‘social stories’ KS was able to learn
how to keep safe in the community and start to
access activities which she enjoys. Most recently, KS
was able to go with a staff member to go see none
other than Little Mix; a dream come true for KS and
something this time last year that would not have
been possible.
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