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Easing Covid-19 shielding in England 'risks second wave'

01-06-2020 19:39

Operators warn new guidance for vulnerable people could bring virus back into care homes Care home operators have warned that easing Covid-19 shielding restrictions for 2.2 million vulnerable people risks a second wave of infections, as it emerged government scientific advisers who previously warned against such a move were not asked to reconsider the matter.New guidance allows the “clinically extremely vulnerable” to go outside and, if they live alone, meet one friend from Monday. T

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The ghosts of the care-home dead will come back to haunt this government | Polly Toynbee

01-06-2020 17:31

Victims of systematic ageism, UK care homes were subject to a litany of failures that exposed our most vulnerable to Covid-19The pandemic firestorm still burns in care homes. Untested residents and unprotected staff in this neglected private archipelago used to be out of sight and out of mind. But no longer. The government will not escape the ghosts of needless care-home deaths.The Guardian’s Robert Booth last week revealed that the government rejected a radical plan by Public Health

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How could watchdogs fail so spectacularly to keep care home residents and staff safe? | John Beer

01-06-2020 09:33

If the Care Quality Commission had continued inspections, it could have campaigned over PPE shortages and Covid-19 testsCare homes are the focus of the Covid-19 outbreak in England and Wales. At least 40% of all coronavirus deaths have occurred in the very places dedicated to keeping people safe in their later years.Such carnage points to a catastrophic failure at the highest level to protect care home residents and staff alike. The under-reporting of deaths, the lack of personal protective equi

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Putting smiley faces back into social care eases residents unease

01-06-2020 08:30 via feedproxy.google.com

Staff at Balhousie Luncarty care home in Perthshire have come up with a thoughtful way to help residents feel at ease during the Coronavirus outbreak. Appreciating that it must be strange and unfamiliar for residents to see people’s faces covered with masks, the team has begun wearing special lanyards featuring their smiling faces to provide […]

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Social care staff welcome £90 Aldi vouchers from Blackwood

01-06-2020 07:00 via feedproxy.google.com

Specialist housing and care provider Blackwood has purchased the shopping vouchers as a thank you to its social care staff working at the front-line of the Coronavirus crisis. Each of Blackwood’s 284 care staff received a £90 Aldi voucher to help with their essential shopping, as a token of the appreciation of their dedication to […]

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