First care home visitors welcomed under new guidance

We are delighted to welcome the first visitors to our care and nursing homes, and retirement villages across the country under new care home guidance from 8 March, allowing one regular visitor indoors, who can hold hands with their relative.

We have written to the relatives of our care home residents to update them on the guidance and invite them to call the home to arrange a visit.

Among the first residents to have a visitor was Edna, who welcomed daughter Sue Willis at Edgehill, our care home in Swindon.

Edna has her own part of the garden at Edgehill Care Home that she likes to spend time in, and they have been out together doing some gardening during the visit.

Sue said:

Alan Turner visited his mother Mary at St Peter’s Park Retirement Village in Bexhill-on-Sea.

Mary said:

Throughout the pandemic we’ve been continuing to welcome visitors by working with residents, their families and care home managers to find safe solutions wherever possible depending on individual circumstance and guidelines.

With visit restrictions easing, vaccine rates increasing and homes staying Covid free, we’re looking forward to a return to ‘normality,’ and welcoming even more visitors and new residents.

Agincare Homes Chief Operating Officer Tim Buckley said:

Agincare actively lobbies and supports campaigns like Visiting Call to Action campaign and John’s Campaign; and for a more flexible and enabled approach to care home visiting.

Find out more about care home visiting.