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Tradeorders@troubador.co.uk0116 279 2299Prices and specifications are provisional and are subject to change without notice. 10/05/ 2024Sales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comOrders: Troubador PublishingEleanor Bloomfield holds a doctorate in medieval drama and has a background in research and teaching. Originally from New Zealand, she relocated to the UK at the beginning of 2020, becoming caught up in the COVID-19 pandemic. She spent two years working in residential dementia care, an experience documented in her nonfiction work A Time to Care. She now works in the University of Leicester Archives and SpecialCollections.Publication: 31st OCTOBER2024ISBN: 9781835740569Price: %u00a39.99Binding: PaperbackFormat: 198 x 129 mmExtent: 216 pp Illustrated: None Thema: DMC MemoirAuthor location: Leicestershire%u2022 Inspired by the authors time working as a care assistant in residential dementia care between 2020-2022. %u2022 It seeks to shed light on the experiences of care home residents, especially during the unprecedented conditions of lockdown. %u2022 Perfect for fans of Adam Kay, Rachel Clarke and Kate Mosse. A Time to Care offers a hard-hitting insider%u2019s account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in residential care homes around Britain.A deeply personal story with much wider resonance, it lays bare what you don%u2019t know and what care home operators don%u2019t want you to know. Describing the toll inflicted by the pandemic on residents and staff alike, it also recalls the courage and generosity inspired by extraordinary circumstances.A Time to Care is a challenge, a call to action, and a plea for you not to look away. It sheds light on the day-today experiences of care home residents, calling for greater recognition of care staff and the work they do. Above all, it asks you to care.ISBN 978-1-83574-056-99 7 8 1 8 3 5 7 4 0 5 6 9A TIME TO CAREEleanor Bloomfield