Caring for elderly during Covid-19

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She had done her shopping in anticipation of the quarantine order and she spoke to anyone who would listen about the predicament the whole world is facing. I learnt that her husband died four years ago and how such movement restriction would send her round the bend.

Cut a few days later, the doorbell of my house rang. The lady from a delivery company pointed to a big box she had placed in my front garden, keeping a safe distance from me. I took the box in, opened it and voila! There are about 30 bottles of hand sanitisers for me to distribute and share with the Malaysian community in London.

Some bottles also went to people who are in contact with Malaysian students, as well as members of the public who are in need of them. A picture in the local paper of an elderly man pushing an empty trolley with a shopping list in his hand, while the aisles around him were stripped bare by other more energetic shoppers, still haunts me.

 

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