Meghan Markle’s yoga-teaching mother Doria Ragland, 64, takes over as boss of elderly care homes firm Ms Ragland listed as senior figure at Loving Kindness Senior Care Management Company says its role is to provide a ‘holistic’ approach to care for the elderly The 64-year-old has previously worked as yoga instructor and social worker By … Read more
Care home chiefs fear deadly mistakes made at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic risk being repeated as councils offer them extra cash to take Covid-positive hospital patients. More than 15,000 people died of the virus in care homes earlier this year, according to official figures, after it was reported that many elderly residential facilities … Read more
At least 10,000 people have unexpectedly died in their own home since mid-June, official statistics show. Seven-hundred ‘excess deaths’ in private homes have been registered each week in England and Wales alone since the pandemic began to die down. But only an average of 21 each week are down to the coronavirus, according to data … Read more
FEBRUARY – SAGE scientists warned Government ‘very early on’ about the risk to care homes Britain’s chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, revealed in April that he and other senior scientists warned politicians ‘very early on’ about the risk COVID-19 posed to care homes. He said: ‘So very early on we looked at a number … Read more
Ed Sheeran’s property portfolio is now said to be worth £61million, after the singer reportedly purchased new homes during lockdown. The 29-year-old musician, who is estimated to be worth north of £200million, has added boosted his portfolio by £4.5million after making the cash purchases, according to The Sun. Chart-topping superstar Ed reportedly filed documents of … Read more
Scots will be banned from visiting each other in their own homes from tomorrow, Nicola Sturgeon said today as she reintroduced stringent lockdown rules. The First Minister said that a ‘high proportion’ of new cases in the country were linked to transmission within private homes where social distancing and ventilation were more difficult than outdoors … Read more
BREAKING: Leighton Buzzard is hit by third earthquake in two weeks as tremor rattles homes Twitter users report earthquake in the town of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire It comes after a 3.5 magnitude earthquake hit the same town on September 8 A second tremor hit days later on September 13, believed to be an aftershock By … Read more
A Manchester authority has reportedly told care homes to accept Covid-19 patients being discharged from hospitals to free up beds when a second wave hits. Trafford council in Greater Manchester, a coronavirus hotspot in England, says care homes will need to be prepared to take elderly people, regardless of if they are infected, because ‘hospitals … Read more
New care homes testing disgrace: Coronavirus screening results take up to 15 days to come back… and swabs are even thrown away because couriers fail to collect them Care homes are waiting up to 15 days for Covid test results, the Daily Mail reveal Results should be processed within 24 hours but the system is … Read more
Disabled youngsters are being ‘locked up’ and barred from seeing their parents amid growing chaos over coronavirus restrictions in UK care homes. Scores of anguished families have contacted The Mail on Sunday with harrowing stories of their children, many of whom have complex needs, self-harming. This is a reaction, say experts, to the loneliness, fear … Read more