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Coronavirus: Care homes struggle as deaths rise - BBC Newsnight
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4:51Now PlayingGisella CascielloRogers’ 95yearold father, Giuseppe, died after contracting Covid19 in his Hove care home. Sadly, Guiseppe’s case is not unique. But as care homes face staffing and PPE equipment shortages, how can they protect their vulnerable residents from coronavirus? Subscribe to our channel here
Since the beginning of this crisis, the focus of much of the public's attention and sympathy has been the strain on NHS staff. But as the NHS battles on the front line, workers in social care are having just as stressful a time.
We don't hear as much about the fact that they are having to shoulder a huge tranche of work traditionally assigned to the health service - a task, as our Policy Editor Lewis Goodall has been finding out, for which they are little prepared.
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