‘NO LOGIC TO THE NEW MEASURES’
EXCLUSIVE
A DEVASTATED daughter yesterday described how the two-year Covid visiting ban had driven her and her family to breaking point.
Nicky Hurst’s mother Imelda, 85, has dementia.
She has been a resident in a north-west care home for three years. But since October it has only been open fully for two weeks.
Nicky said: “Yesterday’s announcement is no cause for celebration.What we cannot have is any more rolling lockdowns.
“At my mum’s home, members of staff have almost continuously tested positive since October – despite all being fully jabbed. But it is the
residents who have had to self-isolate.”
The worst aspect for Nicky is her mum doesn’t recognise people now. She added: “She hasn’t even got familiar staff around her as the care home struggles with retention – like all in the sector.
“When I show her pictures of my brother, she asks, ‘Who is that?’Without the regular contact she quickly forgets who people are.”
Nicky added: “There is no logic that I can see for these lockdown measures. If a member of staff tests positive, they then go and isolate for five or six days.Yet my mum is locked inside for 14 days.Why?”