The Absent Carer
2018, 9 minutes
A serious carer goes through her job on auto pilot until she makes her elderly patient laugh.
Caroline, a middle-aged emotionally detached carer goes through the day on auto-pilot. When she makes a mistake and breaks a plate, her disabled elderly patient, Olivia, reaches out to her, seeing her distress. When Olivia gets Caroline to tell her a joke and explodes in laughter, the serious carer realises the importance of human interaction. She then decides to re-build a bond with her ill bed-ridden mother.