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Watch – 104-year-old Care home resident urges end of ‘prison-like’ visiting restrictions

She urged people to get involved with campaigns to allow relatives more access, and she said many care home residents must be in the same position of wanting to see their children “at the end of their life”.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2020-09-24 17:12
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An 104-year-old care home resident has made a plea for visiting rules to be eased so she can spend more time with her family.

In a video message, Mary Fowler said the coronavirus restrictions mean her care home has been “like a prison”.

She urged people to get involved with campaigns to allow relatives more access, and she said many care home residents must be in the same position of wanting to see their children “at the end of their life”.

 

This lady is Mary Fowler who was 104 last Wednesday – the day of our individual protest at the Scottish Parliament. She asked her daughter Sylv Watson to film her plea to let her have more time with her family around her.What a wonderful spokesperson for a Scottish care residents.

Posted by Cathie Russell on Wednesday, September 23, 2020

She said: “I just want to say, it’s just been like a prison in here.

“We’re shut down, we can’t see our family and I think when you’re my age, you deserve to see your family.

“It’s all you want, is the happy faces roundabout you.

“Please try and help and do all you can. There must be loads of others like me, wanting to see their bairns at the end of their life.

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“I’ve got good carers and staff is really good here, the food is good – everything, but this is what you want, your bairns roundabout you when you’re old.”

Cathie Russell, organiser of the Care Homes Relatives Scotland campaign group, shared the message online and said the 104-year-old, who is in the Balfarg Care Home in Glenrothes, Fife, is a “wonderful spokesperson for Scottish care residents”.

30 minutes outdoors

Current Scottish Government guidelines allow up to three visitors from two households to meet residents for around 30 minutes outdoors.

Indoor visits are allowed in restricted circumstances, where the care home meets certain conditions including weekly coronavirus testing of staff and a risk assessment approved by the local director of public health.

Had a positive meeting with @JeaneF1MSP @SheilaScotland @NancyGi04195625 @GrahamEllis247,@butalzis4oldppl and others today on care home visits. We felt we were heard and look forward to a follow up meeting next week. Fingers crossed we can improve on the current situation.

— Cathie Russell (@CathHamilton1) September 18, 2020

Mrs Russell said despite this, many homes are not allowing visits, and she wants family members to be treated as essential carers so they can have tests and personal protective equipment (PPE) and be allowed more frequent, closer contact.

She said: “There’s got to be something better than what we’re doing.

“Obviously you’ve got to be safe and Covid is rising again, but it’s not spreading among people using PPE – it’s among people not taking precautions.

“You don’t know how long we’re going to be in this situation. Last week in Scotland another 200 people died in care homes – not from Covid, but they are dying having gone six to seven months without having any decent contact with their family. It’s causing a huge amount of anxiety and it is heart-breaking.”

After around 50 campaigners staged a protest outside the Scottish Parliament calling for more care home access, the group met Health Secretary Jeane Freeman last week and said they are hopeful of some changes to the rules.

Vitally important

A spokeswoman for HC-One, which operates the Balfarg care home, said it is open for safe visits between families.

She said: “We know it is vitally important for families to be connected as much as possible. We are absolutely committed to facilitating safe visits for families and are continually working to enable this whilst adapting to the ever-changing local circumstances and rules regarding the virus.

“Our goal is to reunite residents with their loved ones in a way that keeps everyone safe from the virus.”

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