Facebook is providing more than 2,000 of its Portal video call devices to care home residents and patients to help them connect with loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic. The
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Up to 16,000 nursing home residents in potential “petri dishes” of infection are at risk unless immediate coronavirus testing begins, healthcare workers in Northern Ireland have said. A total of
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A care home worker’s sister has made a tearful plea after his death, urging people not to disobey the rules of the coronavirus lockdown. Queen’s Park Rangers fan Dean McKee
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Fifteen residents at a care home have died, five of whom had tested positive for Covid-19, Public Health England said. The deaths at the 69-bed Castletroy Residential Home (pictured) in
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A care home has put children’s messages of support on a billboard to spread cheer around the local community. The Huntington and Langham Estate in Hindhead, Surrey, recently put out
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The Government has denied that social care is being treated as a “Cinderella” service as organisations continue to report insufficient and delayed supplies of protective equipment. The Prime Minister’s official
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A care home has confirmed eight residents have died after showing coronavirus symptoms as it denied accusations of locking protective equipment away from staff. Management at Castle View Care Home
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Supplies of protective equipment for care workers are “woefully inadequate” and the social care sector needs further, faster support, a charity said. Mark Adams, chief executive of social care charity
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Four elderly residents at the same care home have died after showing Covid-19 symptoms, the local authority has confirmed. A fifth person without symptoms has also died at Harry Sotnick
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More than a dozen residents at a Scottish care home have died in a week and their families have been told of a possible link to Covid-19. A total of
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