Son fears mum has been ‘forgotten’

THE son of an elderly woman who is housebound fears she has been “forgotten” as she has been waiting more than a month to receive a coronavirus vaccine.

Steven Nott, from Cwmbran, said his 75-year-old mum Sue is still waiting for her first jab despite being extremely vulnerable.

Sue has been housebound for more than a year since an operation after breaking her hip in December 2019.

Since then, she has been on heavy medication and needs almost full-time care to help her move, get dressed, go to the bathroom, shower and prepare meals.

Mr Nott said Sue received a letter asking her to attend the vaccine centre in Cwmbran Stadium over four weeks ago, but claimed that staff were unaware she was unable to leave the house.

Mr Nott claims that staff told Sue she would have her vaccine administered at home instead.

But despite continually asking for updates, Steven said they have heard nothing since.

Mr Nott said he is worried his mother has been “forgotten”.

“She is visited four times a day by two different carers. I come in and do her meals and dinner etc, but everything else is done by them.

“She can’t move, she’s totally housebound. We can’t even get her into a wheelchair.,” he said.

A spokesperson for Aneurin Bevan University Health Board said it was still in the process of vaccinating people who are housebound.

They said: “We would advise any housebound patients who have not yet been contacted to call their GP to check that they are registered as housebound.”