Looking back on the last 18 months, many care home staff stand and marvel at how 'normal' working through a pandemic has become.
Only when it's pointed out do they consider how 'terrifying' it first was to don their uniforms and go to their jobs on a Monday morning in March of 2020, trying to hold their nerve as they cared for the most vulnerable.
But as Covid-19 took an insidious root within care homes in particular, the news awash with residents and staff alike whose lives had been claimed by the disease, many social care staff sacrificed seeing their families to keep their roster of patients safe.
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