UK care home staff 'at breaking point' as coronavirus cases rise
Care workers and homes report insufficient PPE and lack of clear government guidance
www.theguardian.com
Oh how lovely @Dimpsy. What a great idea. I love The Lake Isle of Innisfree,
Edit - unlike your mum I could only remember the first 2 lines! I had to look it up. I'm gad I did.
What a lovely idea @Dimpsey. I might try and do something similar. Lots of people walk up and down this road (though fewer than normal with no school or university open), but it would be good to have something to cheer them up.
I've spotted lots of rainbows in windows and signing thanking the NHS, the bin men and the posties. I probably ought to do that too.
Ok thanks,I will have to look in to that,it would be nice for me to avoid people at the shops as I have type 2 diabetes,but we still have 8 carers entering our house each day so I can't do much about that
? ? ?I've taken to enclosing a little 'gift' in the birthday cards I've recently sent to family and friends. Namely, 2 neatly folded pieces of toilet paper with the wish that they will enjoy them when next they have a big occasion to celebrate...like diarehea. Toilet humour maybe, but it's made them smile.
(The reason I can be so generous is, with my constipation I only use one roll a year.)
My Mum’s home is also closed to visitors.Mums care home is now closed to all visitors, this decision was made late yesterday. To be fair they do have some very vulnerble residents and Covid-19 would certainly knock them off their feet for the worse. They couldn't tell me how long this will last at the moment.
Its not great as mum needs visitors, but as things are its best to be safe than sorry
My Mum’s home is also closed to visitors.
I have personally found this very very emotionally tough as my Mum has only just moved into a home and whilst during the first few weeks she was unhappy she had settled down to a routine where I visited every day and took her out for a walk with our dog and she was very happy.
I am worried about this ban on visitors on her understanding of this situation and I know it will really bother her not being able to go out for a walk.
She’s not good on the phone so I have decided to write to her... my first letter is being sent today, its a one page brief chatty letter and I hope it will bring her some comfort.
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Yes I saw that. I did wonder if it was worse as he had to go into hospital.Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care.
But he looked pretty silly when he was talking about shaking everybody's hands when he visited a hospital, saying that he had washed his hands so all good!I wondered if he was struggling with the virus when he didn’t come of isolation just after Matt Hancock did. I hope he gets well soon. I feel for his pregnant partner she must be so stressed and I hope she recovers quickly too (I’m not a fan of his politics though, but that’s not important now)