There have been growing calls to address the issue facing home carers during the Covid pandemic and for Taoiseach, Micheal Martin and the Cabinet to recognise carers as a priority group on the Covid-19 vaccination list.

Teena Gates, author, journalist, dementia advocate joined Susan to discuss and together look at how home carers in Ireland are treated in comparison to other EU countries.

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