Vulnerable people receiving care in their homes have been dying during the crisis at three times the normal rate. And there are fears the risks they face from the virus could rise with the lifting of lockdown measures.
England’s 680,000 domiciliary care workers found it “even harder” to get tested with attention focused on the epidemic in care homes, the UK Homecare Association claims.
And it says their 500,000 clients were “never a priority. The Mirror has been told that as recently as this week, hospitals and care homes have tried to discharge Covid-19 patients to home care providers without testing.
A home care manager in the Midlands said she is being asked to take a coronavirus patient from a care home without a second test to see if