Thousands of care homes across Britain were locked down last month to stop COVID-19 from spreading among their frail and elderly residents. For Jamshad Ali, 87, it came anyway.
Ali and six other residents at Hawthorn Green Care Home in east London died with “symptoms consistent with COVID-19,” with 21 others also possibly infected, said a spokesman for the home.
They’re also calling for more support for a sector whose workers are, like Britain’s National Health Service, fighting the coronavirus up close, but with less pay, training and recognition. A spokesman for Hawthorn Green Care Home said those showing COVID-19 symptoms were looked after “in accordance with strict infection control measures,” and that giving all residents the best care remained “our number one priority.”Reporting delays and lack of testing make the death toll in care homes hard to pinpoint. Over 9% of them had reported cases and the number would continue to rise, said England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty on Tuesday.
Luthfa Hood whose father, Jamshad Ali, recently passed away shows a picture of him at her home, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Dorking, Britain April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Peter NichollsKate Holt’s mother Shirley had lived contentedly at Kendal Care Home in northwest England for three years until someone on the same ward had tested positive for COVID-19. Holt later heard that others were also showing symptoms.
Sarah Willitts, Regional Director for Abbey Healthcare, which runs Kendal Care Home and 15 others, confirmed that an elderly resident at the home had had COVID-19. Staff levels were depleted, said Willitts, but employees were “working very hard to give the best care they can to the residents.”
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