Working Life: I manage a residential service for people with Prader Willi Syndrome, a complex genetic disorder

Lynsey Moorehouse, registered nurse intellectual disability, clinical service manager, Lemongrove House residential service, Enniscorthy

Lynsey Moorehouse, registered nurse intellectual disability, clinical service manager, Lemongrove House residential service, Enniscorthy

6.30am

I don’t enjoy rushing in the morning, so I give myself plenty of time to get ready. I check the work phone for messages over a cup of tea and run through emails. I manage Lemongrove House, a residential service for people with Prader Willi Syndrome, a complex genetic disorder, of which a key feature is a constant sense of hunger. There are associated physical, mental and behavioural difficulties.