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Care home resident Dot Hendy holds her daughter Louise's hand for the first time in many weeks after Louise successfully passed a COVID-19 test immediately before meeting her mother at the King Charles Court Care Home, Falmouth, England, on Nov. 18, 2020. Hugh Hastings/Getty Images
A third of adult social care providers are considering leaving the market amid financial pressures and staff shortages, the care home industry has warned.
According to a joint report from Care England, which represents care homes in England, and learning disability charity Hft (pdf), the adult social care industry is teetering on the “edge of a precipice.”
