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Whittingham House (7) Caroline Abrahams, Age UK’s charity director, said care homes that have been impacted the most nationally are generally in areas with high cases in the community. She said: “It would be easy to assume that if a care home has experienced a large volume of Covid-19 deaths that must mean it’s not very good, but this would be unfair. “This is more a tragic accident of geography than anything else.” The CQC said infection control inspections were carried out throughout the pandemic and the body praised the efforts of care home staff. Kate Terroni, CQC’s chief inspector for adult social care, called for “consideration and respect” to be shown to care home residents, their families, and staff.