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Well I think we have to think about, we’re getting no younger, and what will happen when we can no longer care for her? To sort of start thinking about what can be in place, for if anything, would happen that myself and my husband were unable to care for her just through old age and general practical sides of us not being... maybe as physically able as we were and this kind of thing, that our health deteriorates, then obviously we would need more help with her and probably with a view to finding a placement for her as she gets older... when she has a review is to say, look, we need to get something in place over the next two or three years and to get her you know, hopefully if something happens that she would have already been used to, in you, maybe going somewhere, interacting, you know, that there is some other stability there like with [the centre] that what we would obviously hope is that she could become part of the [the provider], I’d put it in brackets, ‘family’, if you know, that she could be accommodated within their setup, housing and supported living... I think in a way it’s essential because otherwise I think you know, if something happened to us it’s suddenly how the problem falls back on the rest of the family, who have their own independent lives and things, that there is a plan in place, or Becky is settled somewhere, you know, not losing contact with us or anything but that something is there... I’m 71 and [my husband] is 75 (…) I think to a certain extent social services are aware of our age and everything, we have had odd things said about this. But also I think because we have had support with respites and other things that it hadn't become, you know, we’ve been managing (…) I mean I know there is a sort of an emergency care plan, possibly in place, that was done quite a long time ago, that Rebecca would if she needs sudden care, it would be done through the respite service we have, that that would be the first port of call, that she would be treated as an emergency and go to where she normally has respite, you know?