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Even during the Chuseok holiday, the care workers next to the elderly in nursing homes must work as usual.

People in need of care are the closest responsibility, and these days, even though they are taking all the risks from coronavirus, it is time to pay more attention to their poor working conditions.



Reporter Je Hee-won covered it.



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caregiver in her 60s who quit caring three months ago is still suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.



In May, a confirmed patient came out of the nursing home where I was working, and the entire facility was closed.



I had to take care of the elderly, three times as much as usual.



[Mr. A caregiver: I saw twelve people by myself.

Without knowing the circumstances of the elderly at all.] The



mental and physical labor intensity was even greater due to the strengthened quarantine rules.



[Mr. A caregiver: It's like throwing a living person into hell.

I only thought about that.]



Even though I work in close contact with so-called high-risk groups with many chronic illnesses in the elderly, even masks and hand sanitizers are borne by the caregivers individually.



[Kim Mi-sook/National Nursing Service Workers' Union Chairman: If you give the elderly a meal and take a bath, the mask gets wet.

I need two or three sheets a day, but I have to buy and use them all, so I put on a mask and dry it in the sun and use it for two or three days each...

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Many are fired for reasons such as self-isolation, and they always suffer from employment insecurity.



[Activity assistants for the disabled in their 60s:'Let's take a break because of Corona 19, and then let's get quiet.'

Even if I try to find a new job, I am reluctant to say that I am old.]



Although they are workers who are directly connected to social safety, many of them are at low wages and are in the blind spot of the employment safety net.



The government has announced that it will review tailored support measures for those who are in charge of'unstoppable labor' such as carers, but it is pointed out that it is a belated response.



(Video coverage: Kim Heung-sik, video editing: Kim Jun-hee, CG: Lee Jun-ho, VJ: Park Hyun-woo)