Support bubbles, does that include over 70s?

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Just wondering if my mum in her 70s can and should visit.

It's only the shielded that are excluded. If she lives in her own (or you're the only adult in your house) then yes she can.

She can, whether she should is for you to decide based on your specific circumstances.

Would mean that neither you or she could meet with anyone else, so if you have a sibling she would need to choose which family to have as her support bubble.

She’s just over 70, nothing else. I work in a school. 3 teens not going anywhere.

Sibling not local, we are so better for us to be support bubble.

Then that sounds as if you can become a support bubble, whether you keep up social distancing in the house just to be careful as you work in a school. Are the 3 teens being hermits like my teen DS is?

Yes😩

I would have said that it was very important that it DID include the over 70s for mental health reasons.

Though if you live locally to her you can see her anyway without having to stay overnight, so it might be better for her to form a bubble with your sibling, and you can do the meeting outdoors thing.

I am 3 hours from my mum so we really need to visit each other overnight. If we were 90 minutes from each other it would be easier to meet half way for a walk and takeaway coffee for example so we wouldn't need the bubble thing.

I wondered this too because the government don't seem to mention the over 70s any more. My mum is in a vulnerable group as is late 70s and diabetic but isn't shielding. She's not been out since lockdown and I have been doing her shopping and more recently talking to her from a distance in her garden. To be honest I'm nervous of going into her house or her coming to us. It seems a big step for her.