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ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — As Barbara Brunick and her caregiver, Carol Davy, sit around a table playing Yahtzee, laughter drowns out the sound of dice rolling.
The two women spend a lot of time together through a service called Senior Helpers of Austin. Davy helps Brunick get to doctor’s appointments and run errands but also provides companionship to the 85-year-old.
“We get along!” Davy laughs. Brunick chimes in to admit that they sometimes bicker, but Ellington-Davy insists, “I never feel like leaving her.”
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