Victoria White: We must outsource eldercare but radically smash the current model

As the blame-game continues over the 884 Covid-related deaths in nursing homes since the pandemic was declared, I’m thinking a lot about my mother’s last two years, writes Victoria White.
Victoria White: We must outsource eldercare but radically smash the current model

As the blame-game continues over the 884 Covid-related deaths in nursing homes since the pandemic was declared, I’m thinking a lot about my mother’s last two years, writes Victoria White

There are no easy answers to the question of eldercare but it has been their congregated vulnerability which has killed so in nursing homes many since the pandemic began.	Picture: iStock
There are no easy answers to the question of eldercare but it has been their congregated vulnerability which has killed so in nursing homes many since the pandemic began. Picture: iStock

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