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Home care confusion

THE FORGOTTEN: Health care worker Melanie Hellebrand with her children Stephanie, 5, and Matthew, 7 on their Everton property. The family has lost access to in-home care after the service was abolished in the wake of a Federal Government announcement of free child care due to the COVID-19 pandemic. PHOTO: Willson Mack\\n
THE FORGOTTEN: Health care worker Melanie Hellebrand with her children Stephanie, 5, and Matthew, 7 on their Everton property. The family has lost access to in-home care after the service was abolished in the wake of a Federal Government announcement of free child care due to the COVID-19 pandemic. PHOTO: Willson Mack\\n
THE FORGOTTEN: Health care worker Melanie Hellebrand with her children Stephanie, 5, and Matthew, 7 on their Everton property. The family has lost access to in-home care after the service was abolished in the wake of a Federal Government announcement of free child care due to the COVID-19 pandemic. PHOTO: Willson Mack
HEALTH care worker Melanie Hellebrand received an email on Sunday night which threw her life into turmoil.

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