Coronavirus crisis could force UK home care providers to abandon vulnerable people

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Financial pressures including cost of PPE could lead to closure of many firms, say carers group s

Thousands of isolated, vulnerable people living at home face “falling through the cracks” in the next two months unless the government steps in to protect them, the body representing their carers has warned.

 

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Shouldn't the 100 yro captain Moore's fundraising be used to treat the elderly for coronavirus and prevent them being given DNRs rather than it going to the free treatment of hedge fund managers?

Again, home care agencies are private, they are paid big money to look after these vulnerable people. Care managers need to be investigation criminally.

Didn't Johnson, as did May, pledge to 'fix' social care? Still no plan announced.. 🙄

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The privately running nursing homes are being drained financially because of these people?

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