coronavirus pandemic. Margarita Platt, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, has not been able to see her friends and family since the UK was first locked down in March.
The 82-year-old has gone without regular visits as there are still safety concerns over family members visiting their relatives inside care homes, reports the Mirror.
Similar rules are in place on visits in Scots homes. Her daughter Jenny Townsend is now urging the UK Government to press on with testing care home visitors.
Any change to this policy is believed to be crucial in allowing families to see their elderly relatives once again during the Covid-19 pandemic.Jenny warns that a generation elderly people face the “cruel” fate of “withering away in social confinement.”More than.
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