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Quand Norma parle de son mari, Ralph, elle revient sans cesse sur sa gentillesse.<\/p>\n

Ils s'\u00e9taient connus \u00e0 l'\u00e9cole, mais leur relation a d\u00e9but\u00e9 des ann\u00e9es plus tard gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 un b\u00e9n\u00e9volat dans une \u00e9glise de Dartmouth. La s\u0153ur de Norma travaillait \u00e0 la banque alimentaire et la tante de Ralph \u00e9tait impliqu\u00e9e dans la boutique de v\u00eatements. Ce sont elles qui les ont pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

Norma et Ralph se sont mari\u00e9s en 2000. Ils partageaient des visites familiales, des promenades en voiture et des \u00e9v\u00e9nements communautaires. Ralph a accueilli ses fils dans sa vie, et Norma se souvient de tout ce qu'il a fait pour ses proches.<\/p>\n

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\u201c Il me manque chaque jour. \u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Le soutien a commenc\u00e9 avec Ralph.<\/h2>\n

Ralph a notamment particip\u00e9 \u00e0 des missions de maintien de la paix \u00e0 Chypre et sur le plateau du Golan, et a \u00e9galement exerc\u00e9 des m\u00e9tiers de charpentier et d'ing\u00e9nieur. Plus tard, sa sant\u00e9 s'est d\u00e9grad\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Il avait commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 travailler avec 270 West sur des demandes de prestations d'invalidit\u00e9 avant de tomber gravement malade.<\/p>\n

Norma se souvient que nous l'avions aid\u00e9 \u00e0 organiser ses informations et ses d\u00e9placements pour ses rendez-vous m\u00e9dicaux. Ralph parlait souvent de Tanya, conseill\u00e8re en prestations sociales, et de l'aide qu'elle lui apportait.<\/p>\n

\u00c0 sa mort, plusieurs litiges restaient en suspens.<\/p>\n

Pour Norma, le travail pratique ne s'est pas arr\u00eat\u00e9 avec sa mort. Il s'est poursuivi, m\u00eal\u00e9 au deuil et \u00e0 la recherche d\u00e9j\u00e0 difficile d'un nouveau logement.<\/p>\n

Aider \u00e0 remplir des formulaires qu'elle ne pouvait pas lire<\/h2>\n

La d\u00e9ficience visuelle de Norma rendait la correspondance \u00e9crite et les formulaires particuli\u00e8rement difficiles.<\/p>\n

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\u201c Elle m\u2019a aid\u00e9e \u00e0 remplir tous les formulaires parce que je ne peux pas le faire moi-m\u00eame. \u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Lorsque Norma recevait une demande de renseignements, Tanya l'aidait \u00e0 comprendre ce qui \u00e9tait n\u00e9cessaire et \u00e0 remplir les documents. Si une r\u00e9ponse n'\u00e9tait pas disponible imm\u00e9diatement, Norma savait qu'elle s'en chargerait.<\/p>\n

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\u201c Si elle ne connaissait pas la r\u00e9ponse, elle appelait pour la trouver et me la communiquait. \u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Aide pratique lors d'un d\u00e9m\u00e9nagement difficile<\/h2>\n

Norma et Ralph avaient tent\u00e9 de d\u00e9m\u00e9nager avant le d\u00e9c\u00e8s de ce dernier. Par la suite, elle et l'un de ses fils ont trouv\u00e9 un nouveau logement.<\/p>\n

Nous avons aid\u00e9 Norma lors de son d\u00e9m\u00e9nagement, ainsi que pour ses d\u00e9placements \u00e0 ses rendez-vous m\u00e9dicaux. Il s'agissait de pr\u00e9occupations imm\u00e9diates dans sa vie quotidienne, en plus des d\u00e9marches administratives li\u00e9es \u00e0 ses prestations sociales.<\/p>\n

La relation \u00e9tait devenue suffisamment famili\u00e8re pour que Norma puisse parler de ce qui la tracassait, qu'il s'agisse d'un formulaire, d'un rendez-vous ou d'une journ\u00e9e difficile.<\/p>\n

Quelqu'un \u00e0 ses c\u00f4t\u00e9s<\/h2>\n

Norma raconte qu'il y a eu des moments o\u00f9 elle se sentait si mal qu'il lui \u00e9tait difficile d'avancer. Parler avec Tanya ou d'autres membres de l'\u00e9quipe l'aidait \u00e0 se sentir moins seule. Elle se souvient aussi que Tanya \u00e9tait pr\u00e9sente pour elle aux fun\u00e9railles de Ralph.<\/p>\n

Elle avait besoin de personnes qui comprennent que les papiers ne repr\u00e9sentaient qu'une partie de ce qu'elle portait.<\/p>\n

Tanya est devenue une personne qui connaissait la situation, r\u00e9pondait aux questions et apportait son aide pour les besoins pratiques au fur et \u00e0 mesure qu'ils se pr\u00e9sentaient.<\/p>\n

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\u201c Elle me tend la main chaque fois que j'en ai besoin. \u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

L'histoire de Norma est encore en cours. Les demandes de son mari \u00e9taient toujours en suspens lorsqu'elle nous a fait part de son exp\u00e9rience. Dans cette p\u00e9riode d'incertitude, elle a pu compter sur le soutien d'une personne de confiance pour trouver des r\u00e9ponses et aborder la suite des \u00e9v\u00e9nements.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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