Tag: Care Forum Wales
Accepting hospital patients into care homes led to doubling of Covid-19...
A social care leader says news that care home deaths from Covid-19 have doubled is “utterly shocking but not surprising” because the virus has...
Coronavirus could force closure of half of our care homes in...
A social care leader has warned that half the care homes in Gwynedd could be forced to close unless urgent action is taken.
According to...
Supermarkets urged to relax bulk-buy rules to support struggling care homes
A worried care home manager is calling on supermarkets to lift restrictions on bulk buying for the sector to help struggling care homes order...
Reveal number of care home deaths in Wales, Health Minister urged
A social care leader has urged Welsh Health Minister Vaughan Gething to publish the number of people dying in care homes after contracting Covid-19.
According...
Giving £40m care home emergency fund to councils is like putting...
Asking local councils to distribute the £40 million rescue package for care homes and home care companies is like putting a “fox in charge...
Care home owners protest over pressure to admit hospital patients without...
First Minister urged to act urgently to prevent “avoidable disaster” of deaths in care homes
Care home owners in Wales have protested they are being...
Home care staff fear for their lives because of lack of...
Care staff providing services for the elderly and infirm in their own homes across Wales are going to work fearing for their lives on...
Care home residents are being treated like “collateral damage”
A social care leader has warned that more elderly and vulnerable care home residents will die because they are being treated like “collateral damage”...
Care homes call for swabs to test for Coronavirus
A social care leader is calling for an urgent and specific support package for struggling care homes and homecare companies in Wales – including...
Care home leader urges relatives to stay away unless visits are...
A social care leader is urging people not to not to visit relatives living in care homes unless it’s “absolutely essential” so they can...
