This pandemic has revealed our most precious asset

Oct 1, 2020

Carer Lucy Skidmore, who remains on site with six colleagues, talks to her 100-year-old great-grandmother and resident Joan Loosley at Fremantle Trust care home, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Princes Risborough, Britain, May 5, 2020. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh - RC2IIG9K46EP

There has been a wealth of compassion between young and old during the crisis. Image: REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

Tina Woods

Co-Founder and CEO, Longevity International (UK)

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