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Care homes in Wales get £500 offer extended to all staff
All care home staff in Wales will receive a £500 one-off payment, after care bosses and trade unions urged the Welsh Government to expand its bonus scheme. Source: Care Feeds
Families call for risk-assessed visits in care homes saying 'Mum is forgetting who I am'
Families of care home residents are calling for the government to give guidance to care homes on visiting, in the wake of reports that residents with dementia are experiencing cognitive decline and physical deterioration since visits stopped due to the pandemic. Source: Care Feeds
Care home boss fears second COVID-19 wave in Wales after 70-hour wait for test results
All care home workers in Wales will be given a weekly Covid-19 test for a month starting from next week, but a Welsh care home owner has warned test results are “too slow” and could cost lives. Source: Care Feeds
Highlighting lack of PPE and testing 'unintentionally created perception that care homes are no go zones'
A boss of a care home group which owns care homes and extra care housing in Kent fears the care sector’s decision to openly highlight the lack of PPE and testing “may have unintentionally created a perception that care homes are no go zones”. Source: Care Feeds
