i have no doubt they will lay on a splendid christmas lunch. that'll be nice, we'll enjoy it. a year on, residents and staff are fully vaccinated and boosted but are worried about the new omicron variant. the threat of bringing it in here is like, yeah, it gives me quite a lot of anxiety. i don't mix with anybody outside of work. i meet one friend outside for a dog walk a couple times a week and that is it. but it's notjust covid. they have also had to deal with a staffing crisis. they are operating at half capacity — over 12 of their rooms are empty. despite a local recruitment drive, sandra has been unable to find staff. she has had to bring carers from abroad. i actually made the decision to remortgage my own home and buy a four bedroomed property so that i knew that when recruits came from abroad i would have