The TV star was spending £4,000 a week on care for her husband, Derek Draper.
Kate Garraway has said the £16,000 monthly cost of her husband Derek Draper’s care was more than her salary from ITV and caused her to rack up huge debts
The final year of his life is documented in a new programme, in which Draper speaks on camera for the first time, saying: “I want you to hear my story.”Derek Draper died earlier this year after a long battle with the long-term effects of Covid She added: “I’m not going to pretend that I am poorly paid, I have an incredible job that I love, which is well-paid, but it’s not enough.”
“Derek’s care, the basic needs, not including any therapy, which I am happy to pay on top, is nearly £4,000 a week. How can I afford that? How can anybody afford £16,000 a month?She continued: “We are entirely reliant on extraordinary carers but the system in which they work in unbelievably complicated, and underfunded, and trying to meet an impossible need.
One scene shows him undergoing mobility therapy, and wailing and branding himself “pathetic” as he struggles to stand up to grab a walking frame.
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