Fitness and wellbeing take top priority at Kisharon, with staff pulling out the stops to encourage people to keep active.
Fitness and wellbeing take top priority at Kisharon, with staff pulling out the stops to encourage people to keep active.
Under new government legislation to protect those who are vulnerable, Kisharon, and other providers, cannot legally employ staff not vaccinated against Covid after 1 April.
Kisharon families and friends have been asked to make Covid safety practices their top priority following the emergence of the Omicron variant in the UK.
Vrisha Koshal was nominated for a Harrow Hero accolade by her husband Arun after seeing her daily workload escalate when Covid hit.
Living with lockdown long-term has taken its toll on mental health and people have talked freely and in confidence about their difficulties.
Kisharon has joined calls for those with learning disabilities to have priority access to the Covid vaccine.
Team Leader Ade Adeagbo was Kisharon’s first member of staff to have a Covid vaccination. “I feel OK. There were no problems,” he said after the jab at Barnet Hospital. His second dose is scheduled for 18 March.
Warm, safe and meals on tap while the world outside looks grim has the makings of paradise but lockdown has served to underline how much routine matters for men in Kisharon’s supported living.
