Posts Tagged ‘The Croft Newton Abbot’
COVID-19 Care Home Crisis, a Provider’s Perspective
Already in a state of vulnerability, care homes have been hit hard by COVID-19 in the UK. Their story needs to be told before it’s too late. Unconstrained by non-disclosure agreements, and unlike NHS staff, Social Care Providers are free to be blunt about their perspectives on why care home residents appear to have succumbed…
Read MoreNew Perspectives on Residents with Dementia from Filming with BBC Spotlight
Over a period of three weeks, and in part during a confirmed COVID-19 Outbreak at The Croft Residential Home in Newton Abbot, the BBC South West Regional News programme, Spotlight, filmed a feature giving viewers an insight into life for dementia sufferers during a coronavirus-enforced lockdown. “What we learned about our residents through that process was surprising and…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Status Update
The Croft is currently in the third week of a Confirmed Outbreak of COVID-19. Our status, as of 6th May, is that we have two residents living on site who tested positive for COVID-19 one week ago. One further resident, who had tested positive two weeks ago, was retested last week and is now negative…
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