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Residents from a Listowel nursing and retirement home hard hit by a COVID-19 outbreak connected to four deaths are being moved to area hospitals as officials work to reduce the spread of the virus.
Six residents from Caressant Care – three in long-term care and three from an adjoined retirement home – were the first to be relocated Tuesday. More are expected to follow this week.
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“We recognize that this is home for residents,” said Stuart Oakley, the communications and marketing manager at Caressant Care, a long-term care and retirement home operator based in Woodstock. “The decision to transfer is not taken lightly.”
Residents from a Listowel nursing and retirement home hard hit by a COVID-19 outbreak connected to four deaths are being moved to area hospitals as officials…
In this Google Maps photo, the Lancaster Long Term Care Residence on Military Road North in Lancaster, Ont. The residence has an outbreak of COVID-19 where all but seven residents are infected, Medical Officer of Health Dr. Paul Roumeliotis stated Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (Google Maps via Newswatch Group)
Editor’s note: This story has been updated at 1:41 p.m. to remove the reference to Chartwell in the story. A spokesperson says Chartwell sold the home quite some time ago. Also corrects reference to Pinecrest Nursing Home to number of infections in Prescott-Russell as a whole.
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