Three in four people with loved ones in care homes have suffered mental distress due to Covid-19 restrictions, a study has indicated. Relatives unable to visit and hug family in
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Care home staff in England could be required to get a coronavirus vaccine as a condition of deployment to protect elderly residents, the Government has said. The Department of Health
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Families shut off from visiting loved ones in care homes felt like they were “grieving for people who were still alive”, a committee has been told. Jenny Morrison, from the
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Care home residents are being “effectively barred” from voting in person in the UK’s local elections by guidance that requires them to self-isolate for 14 days after leaving the home,
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The ailing social care system in England is due to be reformed as part of plans being announced in the Queen’s Speech in May. The most prominent issue is long-term
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Around one in five workers at older adult care homes in England have not been given a first dose of coronavirus vaccine, new figures show. The latest data from NHS
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Restrictions preventing people in residential care over the age of 65 from taking trips outside the home have been dropped from Government guidance being targeted with legal action from campaigners.
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Scotland’s outgoing Health Secretary has admitted moving patients back from hospitals into care homes during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic was a “mistake”. Jeane Freeman (pictured) said the
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More than £20,000 has been raised for a care home worker who was seriously assaulted after he is understood to have stepped in to protect his son in a park.
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Newcross Healthcare has launched Newcross World, a new app-based training platform with simulated working environments on the healthcare provider’s established HealthForceGo app, currently used by 8,500 staff. The new app
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