Care home residents to be allowed one visitor as part of cautious easing of lockdown. Every resident will be allowed one regular indoor visitor from 8 March.

• Visitors to be allowed to hold hands, with tests required before entry and PPE to be worn on site
• Scheme designed to be the next, cautious step in bringing families back together

Care home residents will be able to be visited indoors by a single, named individual from 8 March as part of the Prime Minister’s roadmap to ease lockdown restrictions.

See full details on the Government website here: 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/care-home-residents-to-be-allowed-one-visitor-as-part-of-cautious-easing-of-lockdown