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Don't call my man a paedo

Hoisting the elderly man into his bed, I smoothed down the sheets. ‘Goodnight,’ I told him and went to leave.

No sooner had I turned round than there was the sound of another resident ringing their bell.

And then I heard a familiar voice.

‘Ivy-Louise, can you see to that?’ called my colleague Tony

Life as a carer at a dementia home was a busy one.

But I was irritated.

Tony wasn't my boss but he still loved to tell me what to do.

I was only 20 and guessed that Tony's greying hair ^

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