Covid care home deaths DOUBLED in fortnight with 425 fatalities in most recent week as official figures show overall toll was still rising – even though separate data shows it has started to drop ONS report shows weekly care home deaths surged from 168 to 425 in first half of November One statistician warned second … Read more
A cruel postcode lottery means heartbroken relatives face bans on seeing loved ones in care homes over Christmas. Families are being banned from visiting care homes over the festive season, despite a Government pledge that mass visitor testing will allow all residents to hold hands and hug once again. Some care providers say they are … Read more
Elderly care home residents may be allowed to visit their families during the Christmas lockdown break, the Cabinet Office has suggested. Ministers have announced a pause in coronavirus rules between December 23 to 27 which will allow three households to spend the festive period indoors together. Current guidance says the bubbles do not apply to elderly … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Back Greensleeves care homes bond, and follow in the footsteps of a very famous supporter – HM Queen By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:49 GMT, 28 November 2020 | Updated: 21:49 GMT, 28 November 2020 The Women’s Royal Voluntary Service was formed just before the Second World War to … Read more
Care homes are told to ban Christmas decorations under pointless ‘bah humbug guidelines’ aimed at reducing the spread of coronavirus Experts have said there is no scientific evidence that trees and cards pose risk Some homes have been told to quarantine Christmas cards for three days Presents should be brought unwrapped for staff to wrap, … Read more
Care home managers have been promised rapid Covid testing kits within weeks so residents can be reunited with loved ones in time for Christmas, the Mail can reveal. Officials have written to all care home bosses announcing the rollout of a scheme to ensure proper visits by family members can resume. The Department of Health … Read more
Three million care home residents and ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ people will be offered Vitamin D this winter to help combat the coronavirus Three million people will be offered free Vitamin D supplements this winter Patients will receive a four-month supply and it will be delivered free of charge Health Secretary Matt Hancock said people staying … Read more
He’s as synonymous for his outspoken opinions and Twitter feuds as he is for his illustrious broadcasting and journalism career. And Piers Morgan has defiantly claimed that he ‘doesn’t care’ what people think of him, joking that he sees their differing opinions as ‘a good chance to wage a new feud’. Though the Good Morning … Read more
Care home boss, 61, killed himself with shotgun in police HQ car park while struggling to cope with seeing his residents suffering in the pandemic Vernon Hough, 61, was found dead at a police headquarters in Wrexham in May ‘Pressure’ of protecting residents and staff at home became too much for him Wife told inquest: ‘He … Read more
Jodie Covid! Killing Eve star to appear with Stephen Graham in Channel 4 drama set in a care home as it’s hit by the coronavirus pandemic Jodie Comer, 27, will star in the Channel 4 film set in a care home hit by the COVID-19 pandemic The Killing Eve star will play Sarah, a worker … Read more