"Rules" re delivering food to relatives

[RhymingRabbit3]

My grandparents are in their 80s and therefore staying indoors. I am doing some shopping for them tomorrow and delivering it to their home which is approx 10 minutes drive away. My aunt has been doing this for them but she has developed a cough and is therefore self isolating and they don't know their neighbours so I am the next closest.

I am just wondering what the accepted "rules" are for this situation. I know I am not to enter their house, no physical contact etc. Do I just have to leave the box on the doorstep and go back to my car? If I walk to the end of the driveway (2m+) am I able to say "hi" when they come to the door and have a short chat? Am I allowed to include non essentials in the box of groceries e.g. a card made by my 3 year old?

im taking some supplies down to my mum whos in her 80s tomorrow and will leave in her front hall as she wont be able to take from the doorstep - luckily she will still have a door between us and will wait a bit of time to go and put the stuff away
im sure you can put anything you want for them, i cant see anyone inspecting it

You can put whatever you want to in the box. You can speak to them from 2m distance.

I did some shopping for elderly neighbours today and had a brief chat, I really can’t think that you would be breaking the guidelines by doing that. I am also involved in our local Food Bank and I am just assuming that comes under the ‘helping vulnerable people’ guidelines. Councils should be grateful that so many volunteers are helping the elderly, isolated and vulnerable without interpreting the rules too strictly.

i delivered groceries to a relative earlier. I left the stuff on her doorstep in plastic boxes which shell keep her end till her self isolations done. Then shell wash these. If I need to deliver another shop, she`ll leave the boxes out ready and I put the shopping in them (with me not touching the actual box with my hands)

The risk comes from the virus. It is transmitted by droplets and can stay active on surfaces for a varying amount of time. Given that they need food, you can use the opposite to deliver whatever else you fancy. Just make sure you go shopping with gloves and ask them to be sensible with anything you bring. (wash fruit and veg, repack groceries wearing gloves, etc). Of course you can talk to them from the end of the drive. You cannot transmit the virus from that far a distance.

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One of the rules is you can go out to provide care for the vulnerable can’t you? And delivering food so the vulnerable don’t starve is care surely?

What others have said.
In the supermarket put your grandmother’s purchases through as a separate transaction from yours.

Yes you can put whatever you like in the box.
Yes you can have a chat from 2m away - if you can hear each other!

@P1nkHeartLovesCake yes I was happy with being allowed to deliver food items (presumably people are also allowed to do this for those who are self isolating?) But wasnt sure about the other things such as stopping to chat.

There's no law about chatting. You are over thinking!

What I do with my neighbour is leave the bags at her door, she leaves me a list also (she lives below me in flats) this seems to work ok, I ring her rather than chat on the stairs