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Kate Garraway's painstaking lengths to adapt home for Derek -amidst fears she would lose it


Kate Garraway has detailed the lengths, and costs, she went to to make her home a liveable space for her late husband Derek Draper as he battled long Covid before his death

Kate shared: "At the moment what we're doing, we've got an occupational therapist that deals with the lay out of the home, looking at putting in a wet room basically, ground floor living. Derek contracted the disease in 2020 and passed in January 2024 (Image: James Gourley/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)Her Good Morning Britain co-host Ben Shephard told viewers that Kate said: "It's like having a ward at home now because he needs so much equipment." Host Richard Madeley then asked why she would be ashamed of her debt, prompting her to admit that despite having a "well paid" job at ITV, she struggled to make things work at home.

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