Care home provider speaks out about emotional and financial toll of COVID pandemic

George Bowie was reunited with his brother after being torn apart for a year amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Clyde 1 DJ shared a heartwarming snap of the catch up with his brother Alan, who has disabilities.

Lanarkshire have now received their second dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A Wishaw woman enjoyed a family reunion with her dad after 12 months as a ban on indoor care home visits was lifted.Margaret Scott and her family have been unable to see dad Thomas Rowley since last March due to Covid restrictions.Since then the family have been keeping in contact with Mr Rowley through the windows of Netherton Care Home.However, with indoor visiting of Lanarkshire’s care home residents now

link!Trudi Marshall, Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire nurse director, who is managing the care home vaccination programme across the whole of Lanarkshire, said: “Care home residents are amongst our most vulnerable residents and this is a very worrying time for many of them.“I know it will be greatly reassuring to residents, their loved ones and staff that they have now received both doses of the vaccine.“From the very outset of this pandemic health and social care staff have worked closely

link.This can be for a number of reasons such as not being 28 days post Covid infection, being unwell on the day of vaccination or are new residents.As a result, further visits to care homes are taking place to ensure all residents are fully vaccinated as they become eligible.A 90-year-old former carer became the first resident of a care home to get the Covid-19 vaccine in Scotland, back in December.Annie Innes got the initial dose at Abercorn House in Hamilton.

East Kilbride and Strathaven have now received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.The first health board in Scotland to vaccinate care home residents against coronavirus, NHS Lanarkshire has now vaccinated more than 3000 residents with both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine across the region.Don't miss a thing from your area - sign up for the new Lanarkshire newsletter!From the latest breaking news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox.Put your email at the top

link!After a spike in cases towards the end of last week, the highest daily number of new Covid-19 cases for over a fortnight was announced on March 13 (132).Although case numbers are usually lower over the weekend, yesterday was the second consecutive day that less than 100 new cases were announced in a single day.

Paisley care home have been blasted for “letting staff and residents down” after it emerged they were making losses years before opening the site.Jenny’s Well - run by Sight Scotland - all but shut its doors this week after all the remaining residents and most of the staff left the building.The shock closure was announced back in January, just over three years after the grand opening of the state-of-the-art home for people with sight loss in Hawkhead Road.At the time, the charity admitted it had

direct to your inboxWhen Peter Williamson heard that care homes were finally opening up to visitors his heart sung at the thought of holding hands with his beloved wife Valerie for the first time in nine months. On Monday, heart-warming images from across the country were shared of relatives, shielded by PPE and amid strict testing rules, reaching out to grasp the gloved hands of their loved ones after long periods of separation.

direct to your inboxThis was the heartwarming moment a care home resident was able to hold hands with her daughter for the first time in a year.Since the first coronavirus lockdown last March, Gloria Keelagher, from Fairfield, Tameside, has been visiting her mum Edith Woolhouse at Fir Trees Care Centre in Dukinfield every week.Because of national restrictions to help keep care home residents safe, she had only been able to wave through a window.But that changed this week following the latest

Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletterA bride faked having terminal breast cancer to dupe friends and work colleagues into helping pay for her wedding.Care home assistant Julie Parker, 54, said she had 12 months to live before unveiling plans for a summer wedding to fellow carer David Parker.Staff, residents and their families were so touched by her plight they insisted on having a collection, organised the reception at the home and even booked

link!“However, the lack of insight shown has resulted in the SSSC concluding that there is a risk of repetition of your behaviour.“The SSSC considers that a removal order is the most appropriate sanction as it is both necessary and justified in the public interest and to maintain the continuing trust and confidence in the social service profession and the SSSC as the regulator of the profession.”

dementia and have been in a Glasgow care home for five-and-a-half years. After the clampdown on visits to stop the spread of coronavirus, Alison was finally able to hug her parents, both in their 80s, last Friday.