Relatives & Residents News - Care Home Professional

R&RA accuses CQC of “retreating to the side-lines” during COVID-19

Business Compliance by Lee Peart on May 17, 2021

The Relatives & Residents Association (R&RA) has accused the CQC of “retreating to the side-lines” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

R&RA calls for two-week quarantine on care home trips to be lifted

Business Legislation by Lee Peart on April 23, 2021

The Relatives & Residents Association (R&RA) has called for a blanket two-week quarantine after care home trips to be lifted

Government accused of ‘overseeing human rights crisis in care’

Business Events by Lee Peart on March 23, 2021

As the UK prepares to mark the anniversary today of the first COVID-19 national lockdown, the government has been accused

Many care home residents still being kept apart from families, says R&RA

Business Legislation by Lee Peart on March 16, 2021

Doctor giving encouragement to elderly patient

The government’s promise of reuniting families with their loved ones in care homes has not become a reality for many older people, according to the Relatives & Residents Association.

Charities call for resumption of meaningful care home visits by 1 March

Business Legislation by Lee Peart on February 9, 2021

A number of leading care charities and representative bodies have called for the re-opening of care homes to reunite residents

Family Christmas cut-off for over 65s ‘arbitrary and unfair’, says R&RA

Business Legislation by Lee Peart on November 26, 2020

Leading care body, the Relatives & Residents Association (R&RA) has slammed a government ban on care home residents over 65 from spending Christmas with their families.