Care Homes In Kent With Covid 19

According to the figures 138 homes say staff work in more than one care home and 135 homes are unable to isolate.

Care homes in kent with covid 19. Like many care homes across kent pelham house was rocked by covid 19 which is particularly deadly to elderly residents losing 10 out of its 20 residents to the virus. According to roger waluube the owner and general manager of the care home there was little they could do once the virus got inside. Whose husband ian was one of 20 people to die with covid 19 at his care home in ashford kent in early april. Around 28 of kent care homes have suffered from an outbreak of coronavirus it has emerged.

We know that many care providers are facing challenges. Testing for covid 19 in care homes delayed until september. A quarter of all kent s covid 19 deaths have been in care homes. The swab and dna tests produced by firms in oxford and london will help deal with the virus in winter enabling medics and nhs test and trace to differentiate between covid 19 and other.

Ann marie towers dr rasa mikelyte and dr wenjing zhang of kent s centre for health services studies chss have commented on how covid 19 has brought the fragmentation between health and social care into the limelight particularly the unique challenges faced by care homes. Tests which can detect coronavirus and flu and provide results in 90 minutes are to be rolled out across hospitals care homes and laboratories. Kent s care home support plan. More than 150 care homes have reported occurrences of covid 19 at the county s 547 sites in the last.

However care homes have been particularly susceptible to outbreaks of covid 19.