▪️She feeds, bathes and toilets the elderly in their homes. Today half her clients had #COVID.
▪️She takes two buses to collect PPE. On her day off. She says she’s not getting hand gel.
▪️She’s paid £13 an hour.
#ClapForOurCarers
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But there’s so much more to Susan’s story..
Susan and @GMB_union say they asked for the whole team to be tested urgently.
She had taken him to the toilet to change him. She had cleaned up his bodily fluids. He had a bad cough. It was near her face. She was glad of her mask. It was a basic mask.
Today she went into six households, three confirmed or suspected covid cases, three clear for now.
She fears she is carrying the virus into the homes of vulnerable people she cares for dearly.
‘We know we’ve took it in to them and the thought that you’ve carried something into somebody and made them really poorly, it’s gut wrenching.’
‘We’re on the frontline and we seem to have been forgotten about. We’re not looking for free coffees and what have you, just a bit of support and realisation of what we do, putting oursleves at risk.’