Coronavirus: Dementia patients 'deteriorating' without family visits
10 Jul 2020
BBC News
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Relatives of care home residents with dementia should be treated as key workers, leading charities say. In a letter to the health secretary, they write that the care given by family members is "essential" to residents' mental and physical health. They arg