England’s leading older person’s charity on Tuesday appealed for urgent action to restart care home visiting by the beginning of March, as many elderly residents have missed seeing loved ones for almost a year. “Getting back to a position where everyone can receive meaningful indoor visits is a matter of safety, common decency, and fundamental human rights,” Age UK said in a joint statement with five other key organisations. “As a first step towards a wider process of ‘opening up’, we believe that this must be in place for all residents and their essential caregivers by March 1,” the statement reads. “If we delay any longer, many residents will have waited more than a year to see and touch their loved ones. This is unacceptable and cannot be allowed to continue.” The ban on indoor care home visits under Britain’s national lockdown rules “fails to recognize the fundamental role that …