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Are starting legal action against the government, care homes and a number of hospitals following the deaths of their relatives in the early days of the covid pandemic. the families argue their human rights were breached because not enough was done to protect them from the virus. the government says it tried to safeguard care home residents using the best evidence available at the time. here s our social affairs editor, alison holt. very happy days. my mother and father are on a cruise. for liz, these photos provide precious memories of her mother margaret. when her mum found it hard to get around, she moved to a care home, but she was still sharp. and this is also, i think, a lovely photograph. this is my mother in her care home. margaret died there during the first wave of the pandemic, aged 95. she had always kept a diary, so documented the details of her last days, big and small. this one is a particularly special diary for me because it s the last one that she wrote.
Liz is one of the relatives taking legal action against the government and others over what she sees as a failure to properly protect care home residents like her mum from covid. she believes the diary tells that story. this one is dated march the 3rd, tuesday. she felt pretty good. but the staff situation was bad. in march 2020, the virus took hold in the uk. care providers said they needed more government guidance and that they were struggling to get protective equipment and testing. on march the 17th, the government allowed hard pressed hospitals to discharge patientss into care homes without testing or the need to isolate people. margaret s family claim that included into her home. on march the 23rd, the country went into lockdown. nearly a month later, as covid deaths in care homes were reaching their peak, margaret writes that her care staff had just started wearing masks.
The 20th of april. it s the first day for masks. and then, 21st of april all wearing masks. on may the 4th, after a few days of feeling breathless, margaret again writes in her diary. oh, dear the 11th of may. matron came 10.30 to 10.45 and shejust writes, i have the virus. and that s her last entry. kind of hits you quite hard, really. margaret died in hospital on may the 14th. the following day, the health and social care secretary made this now well known statement. right from the start, we ve tried to throw a protective ring around our care homes. i felt that her care was completely lacking and, when i thought about it hard, i had to take it back to the government because, ultimately, we all put our trust and ourfaith in these
Liz is one of the relatives taking legal action against the government and others over what she sees as a failure to properly protect care home residents like her mum from covid. she believes the diary tells that story. this one is dated march the 3rd, tuesday. she felt pretty good. but the staff situation was bad. in march 2020, as the virus took hold in the uk, care providers said they needed more government guidance and that they were struggling to get protective equipment and testing. margaret s family claim that included into her home. on march the 23rd, the country went into lockdown. nearly a month later, as covid deaths in care homes were reaching their peak, margaret writes that her care staff had just started wearing masks. the 20th of april. it s the first day for masks. and then, 21st of april all wearing masks.