Some care home owners have told Sky News that hospitals had discharged residents before they were well enough
Her daughter Karen Standard told Sky News:"She thought she was in there to help the nurses with the other residents. She really enjoyed it.But on 16 April, Jacqui died in the nursing home after contracting COVID-19.Jacqui's death and thousands of others reveal how devastating COVID-19 has been in care homes, where some of the most vulnerable in society live.
At the same time, the NHS asked care homes to set aside as many beds as possible so that elderly patients could be moved from wards into care homes. "We didn't know anything about whether this lady had any issues whatsoever or any symptoms or whether she had the virus. A spokesman for Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, which discharged the elderly patient, said:"We are unable to discuss individual cases due to patient confidentiality.
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