[The Guardian] Deborah Alsina: 'You can't shove a hospitalised 80-year-old back home with nobody to help them'

Deborah Alsina: 'You can't shove a hospitalised 80-year-old back home with nobody to help them'

The head of the Independent Age charity says older people recovering from Covid-19 need comprehensive support, especially if they live alone

With a three-generation household including her 88-year-old mother and a husband living with leukemia, Deborah Alsina, 51, is only too aware of the challenges and risks of coronavirus.

“I think her view is that you have to keep living,” Alsina says of her mum. “It’s just not possible to mitigate all the risk. We will try to keep her as safe as we possibly can.”

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