TIME TO END CRUEL CARE HOME LIMITS
Sunday People|June 06, 2021
Corrie star’s fight for better family visits
Laura Connor and Emma Pryer
TIME TO END CRUEL CARE HOME LIMITS

A FORMER Corrie star is fighting for an end to time limits on care home visits.

Leandra Ashton, 42, formed an advice group for families after mum Ylenia Angeli, a qualified nurse, was arrested while trying to take her nan out of a site. A clip of last November’s incident went viral.

Visiting rules for care homes amid the pandemic were updated in May but Leandra thinks many residents’ health is deteriorating due to loneliness – with access having become a “postcode lottery”.

This story is from the June 06, 2021 edition of Sunday People.

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