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• Care home residents in England can receive visits, says Matt Hancock

  04-11-2020 18:39
  
  Health secretary reverses ban on visits in areas of high coronavirus infectionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCare home residents in England will be able to receive visits during the national lockdown after a last minute U-turn by the health secretary, Matt Hancock, who has bowed to pressure from residents, relatives and care operators and reversed a ban in areas of high infection.When England goes into a month of new restrictions from midnight, care homes must
  
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• Government Guidance on Covid safe visits for care home residents and families

  04-11-2020 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  NEW GUIDANCE TO SUPPORT SAFE CARE HOME VISITS DURING LOCKDOWNVisits should be tailored to residents and facilities and should prioritise residents and staff’s safety to limit the transmission of Covid-19
  Care homes, especially those who haven’t allowed visits since March, will be encouraged and supported to provide safe visiting opportunities as new national restrictions come into effect
  Measures put in place should provide Covid-secure opportunities for families to meet using v
  
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• Our adult son has a learning disability. How will he cope as coronavirus surges?

  04-11-2020 12:25
  
  Families with vulnerable sons and daughters have been left adrift during the pandemic. We fear what will come nextMy younger son, Thomas, turned 40 in June. But the big party to which his many aunts, uncles and cousins had been invited had to be cancelled. Thomas has Down’s syndrome and a severe learning disability and lives in a residential home; until recently, he hadn’t been able to see his family since early March. His father and I have been able to keep in touch with our son via
  
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• Care home residents go wild on safari!

  04-11-2020 08:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents at RMBI Care Co. Home Prince Edward Duke of Kent Court in Stisted, Essex, have been having a wild time, enjoying a safari in the Home’s grounds. 
   
  In normal times, residents at the Home are taken on lots of fun, sociable and stimulating excursions, with some residents even trying activities such as ice-skating to horse-riding. But since lockdown, for their own safety, residents haven’t been able to go on any trips outside of the Home.
   
  Staff at the Home wer
  
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• Duchess of Northumberland praises company behind state-of-the-art care home in Alnwick

  04-11-2020 06:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE Duchess of Northumberland praised the company behind a new £12m state-of-the-art care home in
  Pictured at the official opening are (left to right) Bunty Malhotra, CEO of Prestwick Care with the Duchess and Meenu Malhotra, group chair of Malhotra Group PLC.
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  Her Grace officially opened Beech Tree House, at Lisburn Terrace, Alnwick, an 86-bedroom facility created by Prestwick Care on a previously derelict site.
  The new development, which one visitor remarked is “like a five star h
  
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