A care home in Cardiff has become the latest to have its residents receive the Covid-19 vaccine   Residents and staff from Tŷ Llandaff, an ‘all-inclusive’, residential, nursing, palliative and respite care home in Conway Road, Pontcanna, had the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab which was the second vaccine in the UK to be approved against coronavirus on December 30 last year.   NHS staff visited the home in January to administer the inoculations with each one taking a few minutes.  …

Residents at a Cardiff care home have been able to keep in touch with their loved ones thanks to a rugby club who donated two Amazon fire tablets after members ‘virtually’ walked around Wales four times and raised over £11,000 Clwb Rygbi Cymry Caerdydd, based in Pontcanna, decided to get together and try and raise money for charity, including supporting the NHS and people in care homes. Members and players from the adult, ladies and junior teams, around 350 of…

  A Cardiff care home have become ‘pen pals’ with another home in Wiltshire in an effort to stay connected during the coronavirus outbreak.   People living at Tŷ Llandaff, a private nursing, residential and respite care home in Pontcanna, have taken up old-fashioned writing workshops to help build friendships whilst the home is unable to host visits from friends and family.   The home took the necessary steps to safeguard its residents by closing it to non-essential visitors before…