At least 15,000 sick and elderly Britons have been ‘wrongly denied’ funding for care homes in the past decade Thousands of sick Britons have been denied funding for care homes for a decade Most initially told by local NHS bosses they were ineligible for residential care funding were suffering life-limiting illnesses such as dementia Residents … Read more
Number of children in state care hits 100,000 for the first time amid police fears over violent families and teens getting sucked into crime In 2019, some 98,756 children were in local authority care according to reports In 2006, social workers had taken 74,000 children away from their parents Social workers received serious criticism following … Read more
Clutching a bouquet of her 97-year-old mother’s favourite roses, something inside Ylenia Angeli cracked when she arrived with daughter Leandra for their last care home ‘window visit’ before the new lockdown. As Leandra broke down in tears at the pitiful sight of her grandmother, her mother, retired nurse Ylenia, 73, pressed up against the glass, … Read more
Visitors are forced to touch their elderly care home relatives through Covid-secure ‘hugging mitts’ as the UK enters its second lockdown. Visitors at a Sheffield care home have to place their arms through the over-sized black gloves – more commonly seen in research labs – to hold hands with their loved ones on the other side … Read more
The future of visiting hours? Elderly care home residents are given RADIATION-style ‘hugging mitts’ to touch loved ones sat behind a glass screen during Covid crisis Hallamshire Care Home using gloves typically seen in nuclear research facilities Gloves allow visitors to hold hands with loved ones through a glass screen By Jemma Carr For Mailonline … Read more
This is the heartbreaking moment a dementia-hit mother breaks down in tears at the window of her care home after being told her daughter cannot give her a hug due to Covid-19 restrictions. Footage shows Doreen Morris, 85, with a big smile on her face after spotting Tracy Gothard, 51, outside her nursing home in … Read more
A sneak peek for the next Keeping Up With The Kardashians episode was shared on Thursday morning. The clip filmed months ago showed Kim Kardashian coping with her husband Kanye West contracting the coronavirus. Also in the teaser, Khloe is seen flirting with Tristan Thompson, and Kendall and Kylie Jenner make up after their physical … Read more
Police were caught on camera arresting a qualified nurse as she tried to take her 97-year-old mother from a care home after nine months in order to be looked after by her family. Leandra Ashton filmed officers as they arrested her mother, 73, before putting her dementia-hit grandmother into the patrol car to be sent … Read more
Care homes are using glass visitor pods during the second lockdown so residents can still see their family. Loved ones sit in one half of a conservatory while their relatives are in the other, with them separated by a window. The move has been hailed as a ‘lifeline’ for elderly patients who ‘come alive’ with … Read more
The number of people dying from coronavirus in care homes in England doubled in a fortnight in October, official figures show. Data published today by the Office for National Statistics show that a total of 211 care home residents died with the disease in the most recent week, up to October 23. This compared to 105 … Read more