"While deadly coronavirus outbreaks at nursing homes tend to grab headlines, the slower-moving health crisis inside these facilities caused by social isolation & confinement remains largely invisible"
UK must follow US /Canada's #essentialfamilycarer law @HarrietHarman
UK must follow US /Canada's #essentialfamilycarer law @HarrietHarman
https://twitter.com/appleyardkaye/status/1355256438889869323
"Social isolation & lack of external stimulation are also fueling cognitive decline & depression, increasing the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease & stroke" - Dr. Aronson, Geriatrician/ Prof of medicine
Imagine dying from social isolation... @rightsforresid2
Imagine dying from social isolation... @rightsforresid2
"Beverly, I want to come home for good. I don’t know how to get out of here,” her mother wrote. “I would do anything to get away. I was told today this was forever. Do you know how I can get away?” - from a care home resident to her mother. Can you hear the fear & desperation?
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