Meals on wheels for the elderly are becoming a treat from the past and home helps are once again becoming the charladies of the rich.
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Many of us are dependent on the good offices of acharladyto keep our houses clean.
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We should not train nurses to perform skills and then employ them as charladies.
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Student nurses often begin their training as housemaids or charladies for a great part of their time in hospital.
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Of course, there is also alternative work for them—as lavatory cleaners and charladies.
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But these charladies were then in their late 50s or 60s, and they were considered old ladies.
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I say nothing in denigration of charladies.
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