Rising Covid-19 infections dampen care sector’s recovery, says Laing

The number of occupied beds in older people’s care homes may not return to pre-Covid-19 levels until 2023, with the second wave of infections dampening the sector’s recovery. LaingBuisson estimates there were 395,000 older people in care homes in the UK in March and this fell to 363,000 by September. Founder and chair William Laing…