Six residents at a care home in Scotland test positive for coronavirus as Britain prepares to put over 70s on four-month lockdown The six are staying at the Highgate Care Home in North Lanarkshire, Scotland Staff, residents and their families are being informed they have tested positive Comes as Matt Hancock confirmed over 70s will … Read more
As Britain’s over-70s have been asked to stay at home for four months to stop them catching coronavirus, health secretary Matt Hancock has said they can still meet friends and family providing everyone is ‘fit and healthy’. Age UK has said elderly people feeling well can still carry on as normal, and go out and … Read more
In-demand actress Katherine Kelly has gone from Coronation Street’s cobbles to a lead role in the gripping drama Liar. But despite being watched by millions, she manages to walk around incognito – and, as she tells Francesca Babb, that’s the way she likes it Styling: Sophie Dearden. Styling assistant: Lottie Franklin. Hair: Alex Szabo at Carol Hayes … Read more
Elderly are told to ‘take care’ with their grandchildren as experts warn families are most likely to catch coronavirus from their loved ones than from strangers Prof John Edmunds warned elderly people are at greatest risk from loved ones He said parents should warn their own frail parents about the potential risk The London School … Read more
Emergency measures including a volunteer work force may be needed to keep care services running at the peak of the deadly coronavirus outbreak as homes for the elderly urge visitors to keep away. Workers could be shifted from one care provider to another to cover for carers who have contracted the bug, which has killed 11 … Read more
At least 100 care homes have banned all relatives from seeing their elderly residents despite government advice allowing healthy people to visit. The government has not taken drastic measures leading to fears vulnerable people could catch the virus. Bupa, which runs 125 care homes, advised on Friday that no visits should be carried out except … Read more
Hospitals could stop treating the most severely ill coronavirus victims if the outbreak escalates. Patients with a poor prognosis may even be taken off ventilators in favour of those with better survival chances. Intensive care experts are drafting new triage guidelines ahead of an expected surge in urgent cases. Hospitals are rapidly increasing their intensive … Read more
Elderly face uncertainty as care home group Four Seasons transfers another 58 properties to new operators By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 23:29 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 00:33 GMT, 13 March 2020 Elderly residents at Four Seasons care homes face more uncertainty after the group transferred another 58 properties to new … Read more
Handy: Barney Calman with gloves to help stroke patients They look, sound and chatter away pretty much like ordinary people. In reality, they are anything but. Amid much hysteria and hype, tech giants Samsung have unveiled the first ever digitally generated ‘artificial humans’ – a few of them are pictured on these pages. Powered by … Read more
Crews have arrived to perform a deep-cleaning of the Seattle-area nursing home at the epicenter of one of the biggest coronavirus outbreak in the US, linked to at least 19 deaths and hundreds of infections. Members of a Servpro clean-up team arrived at Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, on Wednesday afternoon wearing white hazardous … Read more