Rights for Residents response to the Government’s announcement - In our view the Government's announcement is a case of the emperor's new clothes.
The huge pressure from the media, MPs, charities & Campaign groups calling on the Government to end the isolation of care home residents has forced the Government to address the fact that thousands are giving up the will to live in a pandemic of loneliness.
However, the plan falls far short of what Rights For Residents and other campaigners are calling for.Unless the Government make visiting Guidance mandatory we expect many care homes will continue to lock relatives out.
In December the Prime Minister announced that every care home resident would be allowed to hug & hold the hand of their loved ones by Christmas.
This promise was broken within weeks as the majority of care providers and Local Authorities defied Government Guidance and refused to use the rapid tests they were given for relatives.
The only certain way to unlock care homes is for the Government to pass emergency legislation that enshrines our rights as essential family carers in law.
Every care home resident should have up to two designated essential family carers that could visit regardless of Covid restrictions. Family members offer an essential component of care that is critical to mental health and well being and that care has been denied for whole year.
We need #essentialfamilycarer enshrined in law as outlined in the draft bill put forward by @HumanRightsCtte @HarrietHarman #rightsforresidents
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@PaulBrandITV @eleanorhayward @ExpressGilo @BorisJohnson @MattHancock @Helen_Whately #rightsforresidents
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