Natalie Cassidy looks wistful as she thinks back to caring for her dying father. "The final moments were breathtakingly hard but quite incredible really," says the soap star. "I just remember holding his hand and stroking his arm, and saying, 'It's OK, you can go now, we're all good, you've done your job.'" Cassidy says she was so inspired by her time spent looking after her dad that she's traded her day job to experience life as a carer for new BBC show Natalie Cassidy: Caring Together. The show hopes to "shine a light" on Britain's struggling care system, which is facing severe financial pressures, staffing shortages and increasing closures. Cassidy's journey to train as a carer sees her returning to the classroom to get a Level 3 BTEC in health and social care - her first time in education since leaving school at 16. Over the year-long course, she studies topics including autism, first aid and dementia and has placements at a childhood diabetes unit, St John Ambulance and in a care home. "Caring for Dad right up until the end of his life, and losing him, was one of the most painful things I've ever had to do," Cassidy says. "But the people I met have changed my life and are so i
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Natalie Cassidy looks wistful as she thinks back to caring for her dying father. "The final moments were breathtakingly hard but quite incredible really," says the soap star. "I just remember holding his hand and stroking his arm, and…
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Natalie Cassidy looks wistful as she thinks back to caring for her dying father. "The final moments were breathtakingly hard but quite incredible really," says the soap star. "I just remember holding his hand and…
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Natalie Cassidy looks wistful as she thinks back to caring for her dying father. "The final moments were breathtakingly hard but quite incredible really," says the soap star. "I just remember holding his hand and stroking his arm, and…
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