Families of residents in care homes in Stamford and Rutland say they’re excited to be able to see their loved ones again
but worry the rules are still too strict
Families of residents in care homes in Stamford and Rutland say they’re excited to be able to see their loved ones again but worry the rules are still too strict. From yesterday families can nominate one person to be a regular visitor for the first time since the start of the year.
However they must get tested for coronavirus first.
But Helen Sarr’s Dad is in a care home in Stamford, she’s worried care homes could struggle to keep up with demand:
"It's logistics, they don't have the manpower to keep doing these tests. I don't think admin wise they are able to do it. I think there's a bigger issue here of how underpaid care staff are and how much they're asked to do and how much they've been asked to do over the past year"
Helen says the power of a visit to a loved one can't be underestimated. She was allowed to spend some time with her Dad when it was thought he was at the end of his life.
"Us spending that time with him literally brought him back from almost being dead. The change within a week of him having that social contact with us - we were playing music to him and reading books to him. He literally seemed like someone who was definitely about the pass away and within a week he's sitting up and talking to us"