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Friday, October 22, 2021

Zimbabwe’s older people: the pandemic’s silent victims

Care facilities for older people used to be thought ‘un-African’. But destitution caused by Covid has seen demand for care homes soar

Lunch is Angelica Chibiku’s favourite time. At 12pm she sits on her neatly made bed waiting for her meal at the Society of the Destitute Aged (Soda) home for older people in Highfield, a township in south-west Harare.

Chibiku welcomes a helper into her room and cracks a few jokes. She loves to interact with those who bring her food and supplies.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3prLILZ

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