Please, Matt Hancock, let us see our loved ones with dementia | Nicci Gerrard

The health secretary has said family members can visit soon. Why won’t he say when?Ten days ago, in response to a letter from seven dementia charities and organisations, the health secretary, Matt Hancock, announced that the ban on visits to care homes was “coming to an end very soon”. That brought a huge sense of relief to the thousands of family carers who have been unable to see their relatives for almost four months. But since then: nothing. Was it an empty promise, a disgraceful piece of window dressing? Perhaps the health secretary could tell us what “very soon” means; how many days are there in “a few days”? Related: How did we end up turning our care homes into jails of enforced loneliness? Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/19/please-matt-hancock-let-us-see-our-loved-ones-with-dementia #dementia #mental_health #society #matt_hancock #health #politics #coronavirus_outbreak #social_care