People with dementia are confused by the loss of routine and are seeing their symptoms increase as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, according to a charity. Their health is
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“Far too many” homeless people are still on the streets, in shelters and hostels, despite the Government aiming to have all rough sleepers safely housed by last weekend. Last week
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A charity has launched the first free food delivery service for homeless people in the UK. Caring In Bristol has created Cheers Drive to provide restaurant-quality meals to the most
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Labour has demanded social care workers are urgently given the protective equipment they need to keep them safe from Covid-19. Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth (pictured) and shadow health minister
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Care homes could be priced out of sourcing personal protective equipment (PPE) by “unethical” suppliers seeking to cash in on the coronavirus crisus, one English provider has said. The Surrey-based
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Care providers are calling for the Government to give the green light for furloughed staff from other industries to work in care and still be paid, amid a worrying workforce
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Tattooists, nail bars and vets are among businesses across the country that have been asked to help protect carers by donating masks and gloves. Councils have issued pleas to firms,
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Emergency staff have been called in to a care home where almost two thirds of residents were showing coronavirus symptoms following two deaths. The Oak Springs care home (pictured) in
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Children living with domestic abuse should be classed as victims of crime, with levels feared to “grow sharply” during the coronavirus outbreak, the victims’ commissioner said. Dame Vera Baird said
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Dozens of MPs are backing a fundraiser to secure £1 million for care workers who are forced to self-isolate during the coronavirus pandemic. The fundraiser has already seen more than
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