{"id":2765,"date":"2011-04-28T11:01:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T10:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=2765"},"modified":"2024-08-28T17:58:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T16:58:16","slug":"positive-messages-for-carers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=2765","title":{"rendered":"Positive messages for carers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3286\" title=\"couple hugging\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/couple_hugging2.jpg\" alt=\"couple hugging\" width=\"280\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/couple_hugging2.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/couple_hugging2-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is confidential help out there if and when you need it<\/li>\n<li>Take your time to re-establish the relationship<\/li>\n<li>Express your feelings and encourage\u00a0your partner\u00a0to do the same<\/li>\n<li>Set the mood at a time of day when you will have no distractions and when\u00a0your partner\u00a0is less fatigued<\/li>\n<li>Be comfortable with each other again by kissing and touching without necessarily expecting intercourse<\/li>\n<li>Be open and consider each others needs towards a warm and loving relationship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For confidential advice call the Chest Heart &amp; Stroke Scotland Advice line on 0808 801 0899 (free phone from landlines and most mobiles during office hours 9.30 to 4.00) or read the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chss.org.uk\/documents\/2014\/05\/sex-after-stroke-illness-pdf.pdf\">CHSS Sex and Relationships after Stroke<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Opens new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.relationships-scotland.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Relationships Scotland\u00a0<\/a>National office\u00a00845 119 2020<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bashh.org\/\">BASHH<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is confidential help out there if and when you need it Take your time to re-establish the relationship Express your feelings and encourage\u00a0your partner\u00a0to do the same Set the mood at a time of day when you will have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=2765\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[69,322],"class_list":["post-2765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-support-relationships","tag-confidentiality","tag-relationships"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2765"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6854,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2765\/revisions\/6854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}