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• Covid vaccine failing to reach older people cared for at home, UK firm says

  25-01-2021 16:19
  
  Cera says frailty and fear of infection mean just 1% of the people it looks after have had jabCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Covid vaccine is failing to reach thousands of the elderly people who receive care in their own homes because they are too frail to travel to vaccination centres or fear infection if they do, a care provider has said.Cera said only around 1% of the 10,000 elderly people it looked after in their own homes had received the jab, and less
  
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• Covid deaths higher among low-paid workers in England and Wales, analysis shows

  25-01-2021 12:47
  
  Trades unions say mortality rates expose ‘huge inequalities’ and call for increase in sick pay
  Workers who are regularly exposed to coronavirus through their job, including care home workers and nurses, are more likely to die from the virus than people in other professions, according to fresh analysis.People in some of the lowest-paid, manual jobs were also found to have higher rates of Covid-19 mortality, prompting trade unions to urge the government for clearer workplace safety gui
  
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• Covid-19 vaccine- it’s only a little needle, nothing to worry about, say care home resident

  25-01-2021 10:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents and team at Douglas Court Care Home in Derby have received the vaccine against Covid-19. “This is brilliant and will save some lives and it’s only a little needle, nothing to worry about” said Harriett (101) a resident at Douglas Court.“It is human contact you miss. We been so lucky to have visiting rooms installed so we can sit and chat with our families when the government allows, which I believe, not all care homes have, and some people haven’t see
  
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• Huddersfield care home’s ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ brings joy to local people

  25-01-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Staff at Huddersfield care home, Greenacres, have teamed up with national supermarket chain, Morrisons, to provide essential food and toiletry packages to local older people who are currently affected and isolating themselves against the Coronavirus outbreak.The care home team partnered with the well-known supermarket to create essential festive goods packages which include lots of tasty treats such as cakes, biscuits, boiled sweets, tins of chocolates and even after din
  
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