Golden Globe nominee Eva Longoria Bastón was ‘really honored’ to accept her CARE Impact Award for Exceptional Activism on Wednesday night with her son Santiago Enrique resting in her lap. The ‘Texican’ 45-year-old laughed as her two-year-old toddler exclaimed ‘Latino!’ while she was discussing how her eight-year-old foundation has helped the Latino community. Little Santi … Read more
Care homes desperately need more funding to enable family visits this Christmas, a major report concluded yesterday. Ninety-four per cent of care home managers are trying to arrange visits but the cost of making it happen is an enormous barrier, the National Care Forum (NCF) found. It said an urgent injection of Government funding is … Read more
Care homes desperately need more funding to enable family visits this Christmas, a major report concluded yesterday. Ninety-four per cent of care home managers are trying to arrange visits but the cost of making it happen is an enormous barrier, the National Care Forum (NCF) found. It said an urgent injection of Government funding is … Read more
The family of a D-Day veteran with Alzheimer’s who died in a care home said today that the ‘hardest bit’ was not being able to hug him. World War Two hero Jim Pass, originally from Castleford, West Yorkshire, died aged 102 on November 4 shortly after testing positive for coronavirus. He had been moved into … Read more
Nearly 87,000 residents have died in care homes since the start of the pandemic with the majority denied a last hug from their family. The figures reveal the tragic toll taken by visiting restrictions and the urgent need to extend Covid testing of visitors to all homes so families can reunite with dying relatives in … Read more
Up to 10,000 Covid deaths among care home residents may have been missed off records, a study suggests. University of Manchester researchers combed through data from the Care Quality Commission, which tracks outbreaks in England’s care homes. Around 29,500 more care home residents died from April to August than expected — which are known as … Read more
A D-day veteran who miraculously escaped death at Dunkirk and was awarded France’s top military honour has died from coronavirus in a care home at the age of 102 – after not being able to hug his family for months. Jim Pass, originally from Castleford, West Yorkshire, moved into a care home in July following a … Read more
A great-grandmother will be evicted from her care home after having an ‘unauthorised’ visit through an open patio door with her police officer daughter. Elizabeth Bow, 78, who has dementia, has been ordered to leave Aspen Hill Village in Leeds after bosses accused her daughter, Denise Hobbs, of not adhering to its ‘visiting policy’. It … Read more
Care homes will be able to allow visitors over Christmas, Health Secretary Matt Hancock promised today Care homes will finally be able to allow in-person visits over Christmas by testing relatives for Covid-19, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced today. The Government is piloting rapid testing in 20 care homes in low-infection areas in Hampshire, Devon … Read more
Great-grandmother, 78, faces being EVICTED from her care home after having an ‘unauthorised’ visit through a patio door with her police officer daughter Elizabeth Bow, who has dementia, must leave Aspen Hill Village in Leeds today Daughter claims home objected to her speaking to mother through open door She said: ‘My mum is being evicted … Read more