Allow access to family in care homes by designating a family member a key worker

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

Restrictions to access to loved ones in care homes is doing more damage than the potential Covid risk they are designed to protect from. Gov should allow a single family member regular access to loved ones by designating them as key workers in care homes and provide them weekly testing.

Many elderly patients feel prisoned in care homes and are left unable to understand why their partners or children stopped visiting them whilst their families watch their loved ones suffer in despair and are unable to access them. This has to change. A single family member can easily be nominated a key worker and be treated exactly the same as care home staff. They can get tested regularly, just like the rest of the staff. Otherwise the government will do more harm than Covid will do

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Relax Government guidance on care home visits during Covid-19

Timeline

5 Nov 2020	Petition opened for signatures
5 Jan 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 5 Jan 2021

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