'We were lambs led to slaughter': life inside a care home during Covid-19

Care workers risked their lives tackling coronavirus only to be blamed for high numbers of infections by the UK prime ministerCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThose of us who work in health and care have all dealt with death: it’s part of our job and we know it’s going to happen. But the coronavirus crisis has altered the dynamic. Over the past few months, the care home I work in has felt like death’s waiting room. We were told that even critically ill people would not be taken to hospital and we felt helpless as we lost nearly a third of our residents.At the end of March, we received a man from the local hospital. I was doing my rounds with a nurse when we walked into his room and saw he had all the symptoms of coronavirus. We looked at each other and knew that this was just the start. All night, we shared our anxieties for our residents, our families and ourselves. It was the first time I had felt fear at work. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/17/lambs-led-slaughter-life-inside-care-home-covid-19 #care_workers #older_people #society #social_care #coronavirus_outbreak #infectious_diseases #nhs #hospitals #society_professionals #health