Very few actors can afford not to have another job, and for many years, most of her working life infact, Eleanor has been a care assistant. She has worked with many different 'client groupings,' but for the last ten years or more she has worked with the Elderly. "I have worked in the community as a 'home help,' but for the most part I have worked in residential care (in a 'home') both in the private and public sectors."

Increasingly dissillusioned and concerned with the impact of poor working conditions on quality of care, this was a major motivation for writing the show, along with the desire to express the wisdom that older people have to offer.

"Elderly people, and especially those with dementia, do not have a voice, neither do care assistants. We are wives and mothers, we are young men and women from abroad, and we may not have a 'higher' education, English may not be our first language, and we may not concern ourselves with speaking, or have the confidence to. We are busy caring for others, but we are neither stupid nor unimportant. We notice the things that others dont, and we have something to say."