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"I feel abandoned and forgotten!"

Broadcaster Teena Gates has spoken to Lunchtime Live before about being a carer for her 96 year old father. Today she tweeted the following; So @DonnellyStephen & @LeoVaradkar & Co. I’m about to lift #Dad(96) onto the toilet & I have Covid. Just wondering how that self-isolation technique is going to work now? Dad’s had his booster weeks ago thankfully & is clear so far. But as his #CARER, of course, I didn’t qualify. She feels that carers have been abandoned, Teena joined Andrea to discuss...

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13.08 14 Dec 2021

"I feel abandoned and forgotten!"

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13.08 14 Dec 2021

Broadcaster Teena Gates has spoken to Lunchtime Live before about being a carer for her 96 year old father.

Today she tweeted the following;

So @DonnellyStephen & @LeoVaradkar & Co. I’m about to lift #Dad(96) onto the toilet & I have Covid. Just wondering how that self-isolation technique is going to work now? Dad’s had his booster weeks ago thankfully & is clear so far. But as his #CARER, of course, I didn’t qualify.

She feels that carers have been abandoned, Teena joined Andrea to discuss...

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