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Government to prioritise coronavirus tests for care home staff
The government has revealed it is to prioritise coronavirus testing for care home and NHS staff and next on the list will be school pupils and their parents. Source: Care Feeds
Care home adds life-size gorilla to its menagerie of wooden animals
Pendine Park care home in Wrexham now has its very own life-size gorilla to go with a grizzly bear, squirrels, owls and hawks. Source: Care Feeds
Care homes banning visitors to keep residents safe could face litigation due to breach of human rights, warns barrister
A rise in COVID-19 among the general population and in care homes has led to some residential settings banning all non-essential visitors, however a barrister has warned that although fear of legal liability has led them to lockdown the care home, they could just as “easily end up being sued for not allowing visitors in”. […]
ADASS boss wants care home staff to get priority testing, PPE and full sick pay to stop COVID-19 rise
The chief of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Care has called for full sick pay for care staff and for care homes to be treated as a priority when it comes to testing and PPE, in the wake of a warning from the government that care homes in England are seeing a rise […]
