Relatives of elderly residents want the 'unnecessary' restriction to be dropped.
Some families were still not able to have regular contact with their relatives in care homes more than two years after the start of the pandemic.into national standards, meaning the law is put into effect while the legislation is being prepared.during the pandemic. She died in November 2021, aged 63, after being cut off from her family for months at a time while battling early-onset dementia.
She said members of her campaign group felt isolating residents when they were considered to be a Covid contact "doesn't serve any practical purpose other than to make people feel upset and alone". Elderly residents can be repeatedly stuck in very small rooms, unable to use care home facilities, for up to 14 days at a time - every time there is an outbreak of at least two cases in the home.'Cooped up week after week'
She said: "This is the last thing we would like changed - the need to isolate when you don't have Covid and you're not testing positive for it.
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