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Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare is stepping in to help a Windsor long-term care home overwhelmed by more than 160 COVID-19 cases.
The post-acute care hospital announced on Christmas Eve it had “strengthened” its partnership with Schlegel Villages and will now have “an even more extensive collaboration” in dealing with an outbreak of the novel coronavirus at The Village at St. Clair.
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Starting on Thursday, HDGH “will be establishing a deepened and more closely supportive presence at the Village,” said a news release from the hospital.
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Increasingly under fire for the major COVID-19 outbreak at one of its Windsor long-term care homes, the Schlegel Villages corporation has issued a list of the measures undertaken to deal with the situation.
“We deeply appreciate the support and interest that our partners like the hospital, the LHIN (Local Health Integration Network), and the union have shown our home,” said Christy Parsons, a vice-president with Schlegel Villages, speaking about The Village at St. Clair in south Windsor.
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A total of 64 residents, along with 40 staff members, are confirmed cases. Surveillance testing of all staff and residents is being done every five days. The most recent round last weekend detected eight new cases.
Twelve residents have died from the virus, which account for all but two of the total COVID-19 deaths in the Thunder Bay District. It s a very significant outbreak. It hit us fast. It hit us hard, said Candace Chartier, the chief seniors advocate and strategic partnerships officer for Southbridge. We re basically doing everything we can right now to make sure our residents are safe and well cared for.