'Faith, fish & chips and Facebook' - life at 103

The family of a 103-year-old woman say community nursing has allowed her to stay remarkably independent in her own home. As part of a day focused on social care stories, the BBC has been to visit Margaret Norris in South Yorkshire.

Margaret was born in Doncaster in 1923, but her life started thousands of miles away in the United States after her family moved to Illinois when she was a baby.

They moved back across the Atlantic when she was 10 and settled in Rotherham.

Not only did people "talk funny" in her new surroundings, but the food was "a problem" for young Margaret.

"I remember having fish and chips as a little girl and thinking what horrible food it was," she says.

"It was nothing like I was used to in the States."

Fast forward more than 90 years, Margaret, still living in Rotherham, leans back in her favourite armchair and says her palate has since changed.

"I have cod and chips on a Friday, and if we eat in I'll have a pot of tea," she says.

"Jean just gets a fish and shares my chips."

Jean Hodgkinson, Margaret's 74-year-old daughter, lives "two streets down" from her mum's bungalow.

"We like to look on Facebook together," explains her daughter.

"Mum also like doing online shopping - she buys a lot of clothes," she chuckles.

"I do have to rein her in a bit."

Margaret met husband Norman in 1944 while he was in the Royal Air Force and married two years later.

They had four children, with Norman passing away in 1985 aged 59 after medical complications.

Margaret has been able to retain her independence and continues to live at home through the support of district nurses, although she admits she was reluctant to accept their help at first.

"I like to do things my own way," she says.

You don't want people coming in and having a nosey in your business and your drawers and cupboards, going in to your fridge and making food, that's always been my job.

"But they come in and do a good job and I really appreciate it."

Sharon Hunter, a district nurse in Maltby, has looked after Margaret since 2014.

"Margaret is a very independent lady," she says.

"We come in and look after her and keep her dignity. We dress her legs and use special pressure inflating equipment for her.

"She's really interested in our lives too and so respectful and kind."

Sharon, who completes about "18 to 20" visits a day on her rounds, says all patients have "different needs".

"I have to make them feel the most important person of my day, however busy I am," she says.

When Margaret recently marked her birthday, Sharon asked children from the local primary school to make her a special card.

"It's what community nursing and community spirit is," she says.

"We wanted to make it special for her."

Jean, who shares her mother's Christian faith and escorts her to church every Sunday morning, admits it has taken some adjusting to caring for Margaret.

"It's strange to suddenly start taking your mother to the toilet," she says.

With the extra support, Jean is content they now have the right balance of care for her mum.

"I've always felt I didn't want my mother to go in a home," she says.

"Partly because I don't she think would cope very well, but also partly because the home wouldn't cope too.

"She's a strong personality, but I'd worry she would go downhill."

Three years ago, Margaret received a card from Buckingham Palace signed by King Charles and Queen Camilla congratulating her on reaching her 100th birthday.

It sits pride of place framed on the wall in her hallway.

Whilst she relaxes and scrolls through her phone, her daughter points out that King Charles has recently been marking what would have been his mother's 100th birthday too.

Margaret winks and jokes: "Well I beat her, didn't I?"

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