With guest Georgia Bowers. Georgia spent the height of the pandemic working in a care home for over 100 older people. Much has been reported on the handling of the pandemic in relation to care homes. In this episode, Georgia provides a vivid account calling into question the value placed on the lives of older people, and the regard for carers on the frontline. She talks about having to suspend emotion and just carry on; but the strain and helplessness of seeing residents lose their liberty and life is something that carers will carry for a long time.

Producer: Sophie King

Conversations with Carers was created by Rashmi Becker, Founder of Step Change Studios, and supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

www.stepchangestudios.com

If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in the Conversations with Carers podcasts, the following links may be of support:

Bereavement:

Cruse Bereavement Support: https://www.cruse.org.uk/

National Bereavement Partnership: https://www.nationalbereavementpartnership.org/

Cancer:

Macmillan Cancer Support: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/

Cancer Research UK: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/

Carers:

Carers Trust: https://carers.org/

Carers UK: https://www.carersuk.org/

Sibs UK: https://www.sibs.org.uk/

Dementia:

Alzheimer’s Society: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/

Dementia UK: https://www.dementiauk.org/

Elderly care:

Age UK: https://www.ageuk.org.uk/

Independent Age: https://www.independentage.org/

Mental Health:

Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk/

Rethink Mental Illness: https://www.rethink.org/

YoungMinds: https://www.youngminds.org.uk/

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