1/1 MORE than 100 Southampton care home residents with coronavirus have died in under a year, data has revealed. New figures from the Care Quality Commission have shown that between April 10, 2020, and March 31, 2021, a total of 123 death notifications involving Covid-19 were recorded at 21 of the city s care homes. Following the data s release, CQC bosses have called for consideration and respect to be shown to those living in care homes, as well as families and staff affected by loss. The South East proved to be one of the highest areas for deaths involving the virus in care homes as the CQC s data shows 7,404 death were recorded in the 11 month period.
1/1 One of the south s oldest residents has celebrated her 106th birthday at a Hampshire care home. When Mabel Looker was born in 1915, the First World War was less than a year old, most British homes were still lit by gas and cinema was a new craze. Mabel, who lives at the Belmore Lodge care home in Lymington, has no idea why she has managed to live to such a great age. “I would love to know the answer myself, she said. Mabel’s big day included a Covid-safe visit from her daughter, Janet Morley. Staff serenaded her with a rendition of Happy Birthday as well as serving bubbly and homemade marzipan cake - her favourite.