Health
Care home residents ‘losing will to live’ amid Covid restrictions in England – The Guardian
Charity says many have been left in ‘hideous limbo’ as family visits and activities remain limited
Many English care home residents feel as if they are in prison amid seemingly endless coronavirus restrictions on their activities and visitors, with a number losing the will to live, a committee of MPs has been told by charities.
One charity told the MPs that its helpline had been told that someone in a care home felt they would rather die than carry on living like this.
Groups working with care residents said there needed to be a better balance between protecting vulnerable people from Covid…
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