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Newsroom @ Home Elder Care + COVID 19

Emily DeRuy produced this video while participating in the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 California Fellowship.

Other work by her includes:

COVID forced Bay Area families to make agonizing elder-care decisions. Is there a fix?

Getting older doesn’t have to be scary. Things to consider as you age

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Emily DeRuy
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November 5, 2021

 

[This article was originally published by The Mercury News.]

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