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• ‘Bellcare Buddies’ combat loneliness in Cumbria

  03-02-2021 10:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new concept to combat loneliness has been launched in Cumbria providing a ‘buddy’ service for the elderly with all expenses covered.Bellcare Domiciliary Services said that due to the coronavirus restrictions their clients were feeling lonely as they can’t see family and, in some instances, their family don’t live local.Bellcare make various scheduled visits to their clients but with the Coronavirus pandemic their clients haven’t been able to be ‘out’ a
  
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• Thirsk care home donates to local foodbank

  03-02-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Kind-hearted staff at Thirsk care home, Hambleton Grange, have selflessly donated stock from their own kitchens alongside generous donations from the local community to provide essential food and toiletry packages to local families who have been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns.The care home team partnered with Community Works Thirsk, a charity committed to caring for the residents within the local area, to create essential goods packages including toilet roll, hand soap and sa
  
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• MPs call for Covid ban on care home visits in England to be made illegal

  03-02-2021 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Matt Hancock urged to allow visits as relatives say blanket coronavirus rule is causing deathsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA parliamentary human rights committee has called on ministers to legislate against blanket bans on care home visits in England that relatives claim are causing deaths through loneliness and isolation.Harriet Harman, the chair of the cross-party joint human rights committee of MPs and peers, has asked the health secretary, Matt Hancock, t
  
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