By Lydia Warren PUBLISHED: 11:18 EST, 29 January 2014 | UPDATED: 15:09 EST, 29 January 2014 Charla Nash, the woman whose face and hands were ripped off in a brutal chimpanzee attack, has revealed how she is struggling to rebuild her life four years on. In a moving interview, the 60-year-old revealed that she has no independence at her Massachusetts nursing home, where none of her fellow residents come near her. 'Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot I can do,' she told the Boston Herald. 'I've lost so much independence... I could change my own truck tire, and now I canâ€™t even feed myself.'
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Charla Nash lost her eyes, nose, mouth and hands when she was attacked by a friend's chimpanzee in Connecticut in 2009
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She has since undergone a face transplant and been fitted with new teeth
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But she struggles with her loss of independence at a Massachusetts nursing home - where the staff and residents keep their distance
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She spends her days listening to audio books, walking the hallways and hoping that one day she will be able to return to a home
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