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The island’s largest care home for seniors is struggling with severe financial challenges due to stringent Covid-19 regulations, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Westmeath Residential and Nursing Home, a private facility on Pitts Bay Road, has 50 elderl...

Nursing and residential homes are expected to get land tax relief with legislation being tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday. David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, said that the Government committed to reducing tax burdens in the 202...

Volunteers with a skill development programme offered landscaping service to a care home free of charge. Residents of the Matilda Smith William Nursing Home in Devonshire saw 15 men trim hedges and cull invasive trees around the property last Saturda...

Six care homes and 14 daycare centres have been affected in the latest wave of coronavirus infections, a Government spokeswoman said. She added that a dozen of the childcare facilities had closed. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said on Sunday th...

The Bermuda Health Council and Final Steps Bermuda will hold a Facebook Live workshop on end of life care next Wednesday, September 1. The event will start at 12.30pm and questions can be submitted to healthcouncil@bhec.bm The session can be found a...

Fewer than 40 per cent of staff in long-term care centres have full immunisation against Covid-19, health ministry estimates have revealed. The ministry, in response to a public access to information request from The Royal Gazette, said an estimated...

More than 80 people at long-term care homes have tested positive for the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic – including seven unvaccinated seniors who died. Statistics released by the Ministry of Health revealed that 28 staff and 56 seniors ...

A family unable to visit a loved one in hospital because of Covid-19 restrictions has appealed for visiting rights for relatives who have the full vaccine. A woman with a relative in the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital said her family was distresse...

Several vaccinated seniors at a residential home tested positive for Covid-19 and then retested as negative, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The elderly residents had no symptoms and were isolated from others until the results of the retests were know...

Home caregivers have been advised on getting temporary exemption from stay-at-home orders during the latest round of public health restrictions. The Bermuda Health Council said registered home care providers should carry a copy of their official regi...

More knowledge about dementia could help stop people “suffering in silence”, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors has said. Tinee Furbert appealed to members of the public after the launch of a campaign to boost support for people affected ...

The Inter Agency Committee for Children and Families has launched a training RFP. Individuals who provide training in target areas are invited to submit a proposal by Monday September 14th. More information is available online at https://iacbermuda...