Daughters can finally hold mum’s hand again Maureen Harvey was reunited with her daughter Karen Wells on Mother’s Day after a year of fearing they wouldn’t meet properly again. They last saw each other for a 30-minute visit on Christmas Eve. Before that, it was February last year when Mrs Harvey, 81, moved into Dalemead … Read more
A year ago today, Britain rallied together to mourn the death of its then-youngest Covid-19 victim – as Britons saw a glimpse of the devastation to come. Father-of-two Nick Matthews, 59 – a retired policeman – had died one day earlier in Bristol Royal Infirmary – with his heartbroken wife describing him as her ‘life partner and … Read more
Together again! Joy for families with elderly relatives as care homes allow visitors for the first time in a YEAR Emotional reunions took place across the UK as care homes reopened to visitors Pam Harrison was among the delighted residents to finally see family yesterday Guidance allows visits without a screen if Covid test is … Read more
Elderly women will be potentially handed back a ‘mindnumbing’ £3billion in underpaid state pension in a scandal discovered by former Pensions Minister Steve Webb and This is Money. The huge bill for shortchanging women on their pensions for decades was revealed by the Office for Budget Responsibility alongside the Budget announcements today. The sum owed … Read more
True scale of the underpaid state pension scandal revealed: Elderly women owed a staggering £3BN by DWP after our campaign unearthed the blunder Staggering bill for shortchanging women on their pension now revealed OBR includes figure for correcting state pensions in document accompanying today’s Budget It’s ‘truly mind-numbing’ says Steve Webb, who launched investigation … Read more
One dose of the Covid jabs being deployed in Britain are up to 80 per cent effective at stopping already-ill elderly people from being hospitalised with the disease, fresh research shows. Earlier this week, the first real-world analysis of the Oxford and Pfizer jabs in England found a single injection prevented eight in 10 over-80s from … Read more
Body of elderly woman who died ’12 years ago’ is found at house she shared with her husband after she failed to show up for Covid jab Body found in Cove, Aberdeen last Thursday after woman didn’t show up for jab It is understood she died ‘several years ago’ and death treated as ‘unexplained’ Her husband … Read more
Boris Johnson is urged to scrap the ban on care home visits by March to give a ray of hope to the elderly who have been cut off from their loved ones during the pandemic Six charities have banded together to urge Boris Johnson to allow visits to care homes by relatives from the beginning … Read more
Need a lift to get your Covid-19 jab? I’ll tuk tuk care of it! Travel company is using its fleet of vehicles to help elderly get to vaccination centres Tourist transport company Tuk Tuk Time is using its fleet of vehicles to help the elderly get jabs Pensioners are transported to vaccinations centres for free … Read more
Hundreds of frail and elderly people are forced to queue in the freezing cold to receive Covid jabs at Plymouth Argyle football stadium as relatives blast ‘absolute shambles’ The queue at Home Park was compared to match day-style crowds, with some waiting for an hour-and-a-half Storm Darcy has brought snow and freezing temperatures and forced … Read more