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With a loved one in a care home, this difficult time almost unbearable, finds Paddy Magrane
17 January 2021 • 6:00am The virus tore through
care homes. For staff
who’ve lost residents,
it’s been devastating : Joy Body with her mum Christina on the seafront at Felixstowe, Suffolk. Joy s mother-in-law, Maureen, is a resident in a care home
Credit: Andrew Crowley
Joy Body, 53, lives in Felixstowe, Suffolk with her husband and adult daughter, for whom she cares. She also looks after her mother, Christina, 77, who for years has suffered with ME and fibromyalgia, conditions that cause her acute pain and prevent her from walking.