UK care home starts drive-in visits for socially distant times

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Gracewell home for the elderly is trying out drive-through family visits to protect its vulnerable residents from the threat of Covid-19. FMTNews FMTLifestyle

Anxious visitors sit in their cars while the elderly, some of them in their 90s, relax in comfy armchairs in the small driveway

The anxious visitors sit in their cars, smiling encouragingly at their loved ones, while the elderly, some of them in their 90s, relax in comfy armchairs in the small driveway, soaking up the warm spring sun. Britain’s Office of National Statistics has counted around 13,500 care home deaths attributed to Covid-19 in Britain, although the real number could be higher because not all of those who pass away get tested first.Gracewell manager Arlene Acuavera said her home has been thankfully spared by the disease.

 

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